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1 Is the business or practice of engaging in sexual relations in exchange for payment[1][2] or some other benefit. Prostitution is
sometimes described as commercial sex.
2 Sexual exploitation is the sexual abuse of children and youth through the exchange of sex or sexual acts for drugs, food,
shelter, protection, other basics of life, and/or money
Police/political corruption
High crime
victims of trafficking are at risk for the same types of injuries as victims of domestic violence
and rape. They frequently contract sexually transmitted infections or become pregnant.
Therefore, health clinic workers or emergency room personnel are often first responders and
should be trained to assess whether someone is a victim of human trafficking (Hughes, 2003).
female trafficking victims may be able to gain admission to, and potentially could be identified
through, battered women and homeless shelters. For this reason, several domestic violence and
sexual assault coalitions have issued guidelines for battered women service providers on
identifying and serving victims of trafficking (Dabby, 2004; Salvation Army, 2006).
Social workers, mental health professionals, and school personnel are also at times on the front
line of encountering and identifying potential victims. Community-based organizations, faith
leaders, and citizens can also be in a position to identify victims of trafficking. As public
awareness of the problem has grown, victim referrals from these groups to NGOs and service
providers have increased significantly (Caliber Associates, 2007).
In Jun 13, 2007, The United States said that India has the world's largest human trafficking problem.
For the fourth consecutive year, India was warned in the US State Department's ``Trafficking in Persons
Report'' that it could be added to a blacklist of countries deemed not meeting minimum standards in
fighting what it called the scourge of ``modern-day slavery.''
The report put India and 31 other countries on its ``Tier 2 watch list'' status, warning them that without
improvements they could be demoted to a ``Tier 3,'' making them subject to sanctions.
The report cited estimates that tens of millions of Indians were subjected to forced labor and said sex
trafficking also continues to be common.
Mark Lagon president of the freedom house3 said ``The world's largest democracy has the world's largest
problem of human trafficking,''
The TIP4 reports 2007 said India does not fully comply with the minimum standards for elimination of
trafficking,'' said Republican Rep. Chris Smith. ``Yet India remains on the watch list instead of being on
Tier 3.''
Taking note of increasing cases of human trafficking the (NCW)5 has sent a list of recommendations to
the ministries of Home Affairs and Labour to prevent such crimes.
Freedom House is a U.S.-based non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and
human rights. Freedom House was founded in October 1941
Trafficking in person
Almost 80 per cent of all worldwide trafficking is for sexual exploitation, with an estimated 1.2 million
children being bought and sold into sexual slavery every year, and India is the poisonous hub, for Asia.
Each year millions of women and children are trafficked in India which, according to the US State
Department, is a source, destination and transit country for men women and children subjected to
forced labour and sex trafficking. While the vast majority (90 per cent), remain within the country,
moving from one state to another, . Among the reams of material on trafficking in India, there is a
staggering government statistic that a child goes missing somewhere in the country every eight minutes.
Almost 35,000 children were officially reported missing in 2011 (latest figures), over 11,000 of them
were from West Bengal. However, it is thought only 30 per cent of cases are reported.
Women and girls are the main victims, trafficked for purposes of prostitution, forced marriage and
domestic work, which often entails sexual abuse. The vast majority find themselves working in Indias
sprawling commercial sex industry which, according to the government, has about three million
prostitutes, of which 40 per cent are children aged under 18. Sexual exploitation through sex tourism,
child sex tourism, paedophilia and prostitution in places of religious pilgrimage and other tourist
destinations are all on the increase.
PROSTITUTION IN INDIA
1. SONAGACHI (KOLKATA): is reputedly Asia's largest red-light district. Sonagachi
is located in Kolkata, India. Its area contains several hundred multi-story brothels and an
estimated 11,000 sex workers (2012).[2][3] Sonagachi is located in North Kolkata near the
intersection of Chittaranjan Avenue and Shobhabazar with Beadon Street, about one
kilometer north of Kolkata's Marble Palace area.
2. KAMATHIPURA (MUMBAI): An old and famous known red light area located at
Grant road (East) is known for prostitutes in Mumbai, The name being given due to
Kamathis (Workers) of Andra Pradesh. Kamathipura was formerly called Lal Bazaar
during British time.. Being the oldest prostitutes area of Mumbai since British time,
Kamathipura has thousands of workers. It is also heard that recently they do this
professional business with license allotted individually. Lal bazaar was once tagged as
Tolerated Area since prostitution was illegal during times.
3. G.B. ROAD (DELHI): (full name Garstin Bastion Road) is a road from Ajmeri
Gate to Lahori Gate in Delhi, India, parallel to the railway lines .G.B. Road is the fifth
largest red-light district in Delhi, India. It is an area with several hundred multistory brothels and estimate over 1000 sex workers. It is lined with two or three-storey
buildings that have shops on ground floor. About twenty of these buildings have about
100 brothels on the first floor . It is the biggest Red light area in Delhi.] The road's name
was officially changed to Swami Shradhanand Marg in 1966
4. GOA, the sex industry in Goa is flourishing, even though its largely invisible. Talking to
Streets recently, Mathew Kurian, founder of an NGO which works with HIV+ people
and displaced street children, said that a large number of migrant women are involved in
the trade. There must be at least 3,000 prostitutes in Goa, he said .
The report in Washington said India had taken some steps to deal with sex trafficking, but the
government failed to take any significant action against bonded labor. Following the release, the
State Department came under criticism for failing to blacklist India for persistently landing on the
watch list.
Due to increased cases of human trafficking in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, NCW has
recommended drafting of a special legislation to combat human trafficking, especially that of
women and children, by including its definition as per Article 3 of UN Convention 2000 and
protocol with the term "abuse of position of vulnerability", which is missing in Section 370 of the
IPC.
A national policy for domestic workers needs to formulated which ensures their rights, including
maternity benefits, can be exercised comprehensively.