Destiny Foundation tackles Human Trafficking in India

Did you know that between 20 and 65 million people are victims of slavery in India? Human trafficking is a real issue and represents one of the main concerns of the most populated democracy. Although this practice is considered illegal under the Indian law, human rights violations are legion, especially among women and girls. Let's take a look at this predominant problem. Modern-day-Slavery Trafficking human beings means the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a person by means of force, coercion, deception or other means, for the purpose of exploitation. This crime can take several forms of exploitation of human beings such as prostitution, slavery, forced labour, organ trafficking or sexual trafficking. Trafficking in human beings is a global problem. In India, the observation is irrefutable. The country faces very high levels of poverty, especially in Calcutta. This metropolis of 14 million inhabitants in West Bengal is marked by the existe...