Southern States, New Hot-Spot For Human Traffickers

Meena Jain, chairperson, Child Welfare Committee, said “Bangalore has become a human trafficking hub over the years, and many of the victims are children. Many rescued children brought to our care centres were made to work under inhuman conditions in factories and sweatshops across the city," reports TOI.

"Parents of these children are Bangladeshi immigrants. Lured with jobs, they were trafficked to Bangalore from North India. The couple landed in police net because they didn't have proper papers. The kids, stranger to the city, are now in our care," Meena added.

Over the years, south Indian states have become the hot-spot for human traffickers in the country. Reports revealed that these states contribute to over half the number of human trafficking cases reported from all across the country. Every year, on an average, each of the four south Indian states reports more than 300 human cases. Only West Bengal and Bihar, among others, have 100 such cases every year while some states report less than 10 cases every year.

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