Human Trafficking: An Alarming And Tragic Crime In India

Naina, LL.M., School of Law, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Faridabad

Dr. Anjali Dixit, Associate Professor, School of Law, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Deemed to be University, Faridabad

ABSTRACT

Human trafficking is a multifaceted issue which requires a multidisciplinary approach. Human trafficking is a trade carried upon human beings. The offender’s traffic human beings, exploit them in various forms for financial earnings. Human trafficking violates many human rights of the victims. It can happen anywhere, as long as the environment contains vulnerable conditions. Human trafficking varies from country to country, but it usually preys on vulnerable situations. People in vulnerable and precarious situations are looking for a way out and in their desperation can fall prey to human traffickers. Trafficking is a complex phenomenon that is often driven or influenced by social, economic, cultural and other factors. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad as well. The root causes or vulnerability factors of trafficking such as structural inequality, culturally sanctioned practices, poverty or economic insecurity, organ trade, bonded labour, gender violence, which are further exacerbated by corruption, have remained unrecognized in academic and policy areas.

Keywords: Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Human Rights, Traffickers, Vulnerable, Structural, Inequality, Poverty, Insecurity.