Every year, India faces problems with human trafficking. Human trafficking is basically taking people by force and making them work, like a slave. This is considered a crime against humanity. This act deprives people of their rights when they are taken because of the right of free will. Today, an estimated 2.5 million people are forced into slavery. Some of the women that are taken are forced into marriage. India is known for trafficking people, but they don’t have any evidence for the increase in this act. India has the second largest population in the world. However, India is also one of the poorest countries. Some people even sell their own family members just so they can make some money.
Child exploitation is also something that happens in India. People kidnap, or even sell other people, to someone who chooses to exploit the child or abuse them. There are approximately three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand child prostitutes in India. Some men believe that being with a virgin will cure their diseases so they find a young girl, no matter the age, and sleep with them in belief that they will be cured.
Millions of children are also exposed to forced labor. Based on estimations, 11.2 million children, from ages five to fourteen, are working somewhere in India. With its large population, India has the most children workers in the world. Some places that children have jobs at are in carpet making factories, in glass blowing places, different things on plantations, in someone’s house, or even making fireworks.
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