{"id":5329,"date":"2017-12-01T18:24:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T18:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/?post_type=news_atc&p=5329"},"modified":"2019-07-24T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:28:32","slug":"west-bengal-records-highest-number-of-human-trafficking-cases-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"news_atc","link":"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/demo\/news_atc\/west-bengal-records-highest-number-of-human-trafficking-cases-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal Records Highest Number Of Human Trafficking Cases In 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Date: December 1, 2017<\/p>\n

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India<\/p>\n

From second place to first should be something to celebrate. But not in the case of West Bengal which has recorded the highest number of cases of human trafficking in 2016, replacing Assam which had aced the list for the previous year.<\/p>\n

\u201cA total of 8,132 cases of human trafficking were reported in the country with West Bengal reporting the highest number of cases (3,579),\u201d said the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in Delhi today, releasing figures for 2016. That\u2019s a 44 per cent share of the national total.<\/p>\n

Rajasthan is in second position with 1,422 cases or 17.9 per cent cases in the country.<\/p>\n

Sanjay Macwan, Regional Director, International Justice Mission, said, \u201cThe increasing numbers could be a reflection of greater reporting of the crime of trafficking because of the state\u2019s efforts to curb it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTrafficking victims are still not coming forward to report the crime, they are still hesitant and stigmatised,\u201d said Vivek Chowdhury, judicial secretary, government of West Bengal, adding, \u201cOur chief minister is very keen to stop the crime and the government is geared to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NCRB figures came on a day when a report was released in Kolkata on commercial sexual exploitation of children in and around the city and revealed more minors were involved in the sex trade in private establishments \u2013 massage parlours, lodges and residential premises \u2014 than in public ones, the brothels.<\/p>\n

The study was conducted by NGO International Justice Mission (IJM) and West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) over the last year in Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts.<\/p>\n

4143 sex-workers were documented from 451 public and 131 from 40 private establishments.The prevalence of minors in public establishments is 0.8% while in private ones it was a whopping 18 %. The minors observed in private establishments were 15 to 17 years old, all from West Bengal.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother unique observation was that 80% of contacts (pimps, madams, traffickers) in private establishments were females. This is different from the stereotypical notion of male-dominated exploiters and pimps. The ages of these contacts ranged from 16 to 58 years,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n

What lured the minors? 77% of them were promised a good job before they were forced into sex work. Many were surprised to arrive in Kolkata and none of them had any notion that they were being brought into this trade.<\/p>\n

The minors were subject to violence \u2014 multiple rape, beatings and threats of murder. Three survivors had witnessed murders of other sex workers as a warning against resistance.<\/p>\n

Indra Chakraborty, the special superintendent of police dealing with trafficking said the crime was the trip of an iceberg and linked to narcotics and illegal firearms and needed to be treated as such. \u201cThe dynamics of trafficking are changing and the dynamics of tackling it need to keep pace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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