Human Trafficking Research Paper

Human trafficking is a serious and growing problem that affects children and young women across India. Trafficking takes place in India and Bangladesh but has a strong presence in West Bengal, Nepal, and Calcutta. According to the United Nations the definition of trafficking involves, “any activity leading to recruitment, transportation, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or a position of vulnerability” (Kaur 1). Trafficking is widespread amongst children and young girls, who are sexually exploited. Most children are forced unknowingly into the trafficking trade and they come from a lower socio-economic class. Because the children are illiterate they have no knowledge of their right’s. Agent’s travel to the countryside to gain the family’s trust, and they promise to bring their child into the city where they can have a better job and make …show more content…
India’s poor judiciary response to the 2012 gang rape case reveals the broken legal system. A woman was riding home on the bus and was brutally attacked; raped, and beaten by 6 assailants—she died thirteen days later. The government used to ignore rape cases and the rapist would often go free. After the 2012 case, massive protests erupted all over India and the government was forced to respond in an appropriate manner. The government changed the law so the minimal sentence for a gang rape is 20 years and they created 6 new fast track courts for rape crimes within their country. A report released by India’s National Crimes and Record Bureau states that, “95 percent of cases brought to the police were classified as a crime. However, there is a large backlog of cases with fewer than 15 percent of those being tried in 2012, leaving 85% to come to trial.” The 2012 gang rape case was a defining moment because it unveiled India’s inefficient legal system and the gross number of human rights violations that are