India hub of child trafficking in South Asia
Posted on September 29th, 2009.New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Nearly 150,000 women and children are trafficked from South Asia every year, “most of them from, via and to India”, says a new report that also underlines how the economic meltdown has heightened the risk of child sexual exploitation.
India is the main destination of “alarming flows” of crossborder trafficking in South Asia, says the study by global child rights group ECPAT International, supported by the Body Shop International.
“In India, the majority of trafficking in underage girls for sexual exploitation happens within the country,” it says.
“Children are trafficked to and from states such as Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Bengal.”
via www.thaindian.com India hub of child trafficking in South Asia.
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