Print This Post
670 Views
Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Diksha Sharma February 12, 2022 10 MINUTES

Human Trafficking 

  • Human Trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of people through force, fraud or deception, with the aim of exploiting them for profit. 
  • Men, women and children of all ages and from all backgrounds can become victims of this crime, which occurs in every region of the world. 

Scale and Magnitude 

  • It is considered as the second largest organised crime in India. 
  • People are trafficked for sexual exploitation, forced labor, forced begging, forced marriage; for selling children, as well as for removal of organs 
  • Sexual exploitation is the most common form of exploitation followed by forced labor. 
  • Most victims are trafficked within their countries’ borders – those trafficked abroad are moved to the richest countries. 

Constitutional & Legislative Provisions 

  • Trafficking in Human Beings or Persons is prohibited under the Constitution of India under Article 23 (1)
  • The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (ITPA) is the premier legislation for prevention of trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. 
  • Protection of Children from Sexual offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 is a special law to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation
  • Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 
  • Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 
  • Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 

Challenges 

  • The estimated number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is significantly increasing. 
  • There is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year. 
  • Evolving nature of trafficking is a challenge like the rise of technology usage and cowardly ways of conducting crimes these days. 
  • Often cases are booked as kidnapping or missing person cases even though there is clear evidence of trafficking. 
  • Low investment on part of legal aid that results in very few survivors having access to compensation.
  • In spite of many laws present in India human trafficking remains an unspoken problem in the country.

SUCCESS MANTRA DIGITAL INSTAGRAM PAGE