Sign in. Human trafficking in Nepal takes place in the form of commercial sexual exploitation and involuntary servitude. Approximately 15, to 20, persons are trafficked in Nepal every year. It is estimated over 50 women and girls are trafficked each day into India from Nepal. The majority of the victims were trafficked from Nuwakot district, which, over the years, has become a hotspot for trafficking. In , JVI played a key role in securing a year conviction for one of these notorious traffickers in Nepal in a landmark case. During the intervention, officials secured the area while JVI staff ensured the victims were calm and informed of what was going on.
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Their environment is one of cruelty, abuse and hopelessness. They are victims of the sex-trade industry in Nepal. Nepal is one of the largest epicenters for sex trafficking, conveniently nestled between trafficker exporting destinations like India and China, and not far from the Middle East. The sex-trafficking industry in Nepal is growing. VBB sponsors a safe house in Nepal for women and girls who have been rescued from the sex trade. Women and girls at the safe house not only hear the gospel message, but also get to learn a trade to support themselves. Some of the rescued women have even been inspired with their new-found faith in Christ to get involved in the ministry. Flint leads some of the VBB teams that minister to these women, building relationships with them and bringing supplies like clothing, blankets, and medicine. To contact us or to submit an article, click here.
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The Central Investigation Bureau CIB official said Kenneth Joseph Coombs, 48, was arrested on Friday at a hotel in Thamel, a popular tourist district in Kathmandu, where eight boys aged between 12 and 16 were with him. Nawaraj Silwal, CBI Deputy Inspector General, said police rescued the children from a hotel in the center of the city after their parents reported them as missing. A Nepali associate was also arrested and charged under similar crimes, said police, who seized a laptop, camera and mobile phone at the scene. Child welfare officials they were not surprised by the arrests as there has been a surge in human trafficking cases following devastating earthquakes in April and May last year that killed almost 9, people in the Himalayan nation. Silwal said Coombs and his Nepali associate had allegedly lured the children from impoverished villages around Kathmandu with the promise of good jobs, clothes and food, but instead they were enslaved, exploited and raped. Lawyers representing the two men were not immediately available for comment. An official at the U.
Kathmandu, Oct About 25, Nepalese girls are involved in commercial sex in Indian cities, with Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata being the top destinations for traffickers, a new survey has claimed. The estimate, however, is lesser than that projected earlier by many non-governmental agencies, who had put the number of Nepalese sex workers in India at more than one lakh, Anju Chhetri and Manju Chhetri, who presented the report at an interaction programme held here on 'media activism for support to prevent trafficking in women and girls in Nepal,' said. Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata are the major destinations for girls trafficked from Nepal, the report said. The survey conducted by them found only 50, sex workers in the four cities and among them only 14, or about 29 per cent were Nepalese women. India's sex market is the main reason behind Nepalese women and girls being trafficked there, Chhetri claimed. The study also revealed that in Pune alone about 50 brothels are owned by Nepalese women, in which Nepalese girls are allegedly involved in sex trade. Nepalese women, who run brothels in India play the main role in the trafficking of women and girls from Nepal, the report claimed.
