In today's world with diminishing borders, security has become a burning issue for almost every nation and region. Massive numbers of people all over are crossing their frontiers for better opportunities, and with them,

 a myriad of problems. Human trafficking is one of the fiery security issues and an epidemic that entangles the lives of no less than 12.3 million at any given time. According to the International Labour Organisation, the global profits from trafficked forced labour amount to $31.6 billion. It is said to be the third biggest trade worldwide; following the weapons and drugs trade. And among those affected, women and girls make up approx 80 percent of trans-national victims, and up to 50 percent of these are under eighteen. India’s record of tackling human trafficking is abysmally poor. The problem has been underestimated and ignored in the country. As per the Women and Child Development Ministry estimates, three million women in India fall prey to trafficking annually of which 40 percent are minors. India is moreover a destination for women and girls from Nepal and Bangladesh trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Every year 5,000 to 7,000 Nepalese girls are trafficked into India with the result that there are more than 2,50,000 Nepalese girls and women working in Indian brothels. Several women from Bangladesh also have a similar fate. Thousands of women and girls are also trafficked within the country for commercial exploitation and forced marriage. Many such cases have also been increasingly emerging in the North East region, including Nagaland. Reports of women and minors being lured away or being lured into the State have become more and more common. Despite the magnitude of the problem, the country has not shown much evidence of increased efforts to tackle the menace. The states, on their part, are also still not combating the crime as a priority. Human trafficking is one of the worst offences of today’s world – urgent measures must be taken to check the despicable crime and punish perpetrators.

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Likewise, for those of us who are in position to do something to combat human slavery, however small our contribution, neutrality is a sin
Joseph E. Schmitz

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