{"id":5349,"date":"2017-12-06T18:44:59","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/?post_type=news_atc&p=5349"},"modified":"2019-07-24T18:46:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:46:42","slug":"child-sex-trafficking-victims-being-raped-burned-and-starved-in-indias-brothels-report-concludes","status":"publish","type":"news_atc","link":"https:\/\/www.fighttrafficking.org\/demo\/news_atc\/child-sex-trafficking-victims-being-raped-burned-and-starved-in-indias-brothels-report-concludes\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Sex Trafficking Victims Being Raped, Burned and Starved in India\u2019s Brothels, Report Concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Child Sex Trafficking Victims Being Raped, Burned and Starved in India\u2019s Brothels, Report Concludes<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Date: December 6, 2017<\/p>\n

Young girls in Kolkata being forced into prostitution by \u2018extremely violent and cruel methods\u2019, investigation by International Justice Mission concludes!<\/p>\n

The brutal \u201cbreaking in\u201d of trafficked girls in Indian brothels, from rape to beatings to starvation, leaves girls unable to say \u201cno to anyone\u201d or escape, a new study has found.<\/p>\n

The testimonies of child sex trafficking survivors in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata offer a glimpse into the violence young girls endure before they are pushed into the sex trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraffickers are using the tactic of a \u2018conditioning period\u2019 to break the resilience of children,\u201d said Saji Philip of the charity International Justice Mission, which co-authored the study with the government of West Bengal state.<\/p>\n

\u201cFifty-five percent of the survivors were beaten with objects and some were forced to witness murder of other minors. These are extremely violent and cruel methods.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report into the prevalence of commercial sexual exploitation of children in Kolkata found more than half of the survivors had undergone a breaking in period involving being raped by the first customer, threats and physical violence.<\/p>\n

West Bengal, with Kolkata as its capital, accounted for 44 percent of human trafficking cases reported in 2016 and also had the most missing children reports, according to government data.<\/p>\n

Based on interviews with survivors, researchers said some had been beaten over a period of two weeks and burned with cigarettes, some were kept in isolation, while one was locked in a room without food for 12 days.<\/p>\n

In addition to conditioning periods, managers used debt bondage to force survivors to enter the sex trade, said the report, published last week.<\/p>\n

Managers told about half of the survivors that they had been sold and could not leave until they had repaid the money.<\/p>\n

Others were told they owed the hosts who fed, clothed and housed them during sometimes months-long periods before they were forced into the sex trade, having been lured on the promise that they would be placed in well-paid jobs.<\/p>\n

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