While investigating into a complaint filed by a woman who was taken to Syria and forced to work for 18-20 hours a day as a domestic help, police found that a trafficking gang recently busted was involved in the case. Police had arrested seven person including Kedar Bahadur Khadka aka Aashish (34) from Aakhibhui-8 of Sankhuwasabha district for trafficking women to various nations including Kenya and Tanzania, promising them of lucrative jobs at dance bars. They were arrested from various places of the Capital on March 12. Investigations carried out by the Central Investigation Bureau found that the Khadka-led gang would traffic women to Syria with false promises of jobs at beauty parlours in Dubai of United Arab Emirates. Police said the gang had sold the woman who had filed the complaint for USD 7,000. Meanwhile, Kathmandu District Court remanded the suspects to custody for further investigations. Human trafficking and organised crime cases will be filed against them, police added.
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The Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) compiled by the US State Department rates Nepal as Tier 2, the explanation of which is “the government does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so.”1
Trafficking victims are frequently reluctant to report the crime to the police and the level of reporting remains low.2
There is a growing trend of trafficking girls and women to the entertainment industry in China, including Tibet and Hong Kong, for sexual exploitation. Furthermore, media report many cases of Nepali women and girls being trafficked to South Africa as dancers and to South Korea through false marriages to South Korean men. Sex trafficking to Japan and the Gulf States is also being mentioned. Information on these emerging trafficking schemes is, however, very scarce.2
In 1998, The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) identified 26 districts that are particularly prone to trafficking in persons.
The districts identified as trafficking-prone are:
Nuwakot, Dhading, Sindhupalchowk, Kailali,Kavrepalanchowk, Makawanpur, Gorkha, Banke, Sindhuli, Udayapur, Rasuwa, Nawalparasi,Jhapa, Ramechhap, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Dhanusa, Chitawan, Lalitpur, Kaski, Morang, Sunsari,Rupandehi, Parsa, Kathmandu, and Dang.2
During the decade-long conflict between the Maoists and the Government of Nepal, which ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2006, over 10,000 children became victims of human trafficking for military purposes and served as child soldiers in the Maoist army.3
The incidence of child trafficking and exploitation in Nepal reached alarming proportions during the 1996-2006 conflict.4
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has roughly estimated that 5,210women and children were trafficked or attempted to be trafficked in the FY 2009-10. Of them, 1609 were intercepted from different boarder points, 207 were rescued within the country from sexual and labor exploitation, 112 were repatriated from the Gulf States and India, and 365 were provided rehabilitation services. 4
5,000 – 15,000 women and girls are trafficked annually to India for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation.2
Between 1,000 and 2,000 children are working in the circuses at any time. 90% of them are girls and 10% are boys.2
Two studies ordered by the Supreme Court and conducted by the GoN in 2008 uncovered that there were nearly 1,200 massage parlors, dance bars, and cabin restaurants in Kathmandu alone; employing nearly 50,000 workers out of which 80% were women aged 12 to 30. Approximately 50% of them suffer from some form of exploitation, including 9,000-15,000 of them who are underage.5
The new estimates on movement, which were not calculated previously, illustrate the fact that cross-border movement is closely allied with forced sexual exploitation, whereas a greater proportion of victims of non-sexual forced labor are exploited in their home area.6
According to United Nations report, 2 Crore 40 Lakh are being the victims of human trafficking annually. Among which 80% are the victims of sexual bondage, 17% of forced labor and of the victims 2 among 3 are women. Only 1 out of 100 are rescued from trafficking.7
According to the Annual report prepared by Office of the Attorney General as of Jestha 2071, the table below shows the percentage of trafficked victims by age group:8
Age Group Percentage of trafficked victims
Below 16 years 24%
16-18 years 41%
Above 18 24%
The table below shows No. of cases when women and children were the victims accused from 2067-20709
No. of cases when women and children were the victims accused
Year Children as Victims Children accused Women as victims Women accused
2069/2070 581 201 2201 1801
2068/2069 392 239 1516 1572
2067/2068 513 261 1717 1530
Total 1486 701 5434 4903
The table below shows No. of cases when women and children were the victims from 2067-20709
No. of cases when women and children were the victims
Year Trafficking
2069/2070 311
2068/2069 288
2067/2068 301
Total 900
According to the Status of the rights of children (SOROC) prepared by CWIN10
86.19 % trafficked children were under the age of 18 & 76.99 % of under the age of 16. Youngest children being 5 Years old. In 141 cases, traffickers were employer leaders. Gangs in 82 cases, women in 5 cases, neighbor in 20 cases, in relative in 3 cases, others in 75 cases.
Of the 326 Total Cases of trafficking, 281 cases were of under 18 years of age and 251 cases were of under 16 years of age.
Source:
United States Department of State. 2013. Trafficking in Persons Report -Country Narratives -- Countries N through Z. – Nepal. (19 June)
Human trafficking assessment tool report for Nepal. 2011. Centre for legal research and resource development. (July)
UN News Center.2010. Sarah Crowe and Marty Logan, UNICEF Helping Former Child Soldiers in Nepal Develop Vital Life Skills. UNICEF Media Center (10 February)
NHRC, Trafficking in persons especially women and children in Nepal. National report 2009-10 at ii (2011) [National TIP Report 2011]
G Subedi. 2009. Emerging concerns and gaps. Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies Studies conducted by committees under the Joint Secretary of the Trafficking in girls and women in Nepal for commercial sexual exploitation:
Report of International Labor Organization. 2012. Global estimate of forced labor.
Introducing Situation on Trafficking in Persons (TIP)-National Coordination Meeting with Agencies in Combating TIP Saath-Saath Project, July 26,2012
Annual report prepared by Office of the Attorney General, Jestha 2071.
Data extracted from various annual report prepared by Office of the Attorney General
Annual Report on State of the rights of child in Nepal. 2013.Resourse and Information Centre, CWIN.
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Human Trafficking in Nepal
The Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) compiled by the US State Department rates Nepal as Tier 2, the explanation of which is “the government does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so.”1
Trafficking victims are frequently reluctant to report the crime to the police and the level of reporting remains low.2
There is a growing trend of trafficking girls and women to the entertainment industry in China, including Tibet and Hong Kong, for sexual exploitation. Furthermore, media report many cases of Nepali women and girls being trafficked to South Africa as dancers and to South Korea through false marriages to South Korean men. Sex trafficking to Japan and the Gulf States is also being mentioned. Information on these emerging trafficking schemes is, however, very scarce.2
In 1998, The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) identified 26 districts that are particularly prone to trafficking in persons.
The districts identified as trafficking-prone are:
Nuwakot, Dhading, Sindhupalchowk, Kailali,Kavrepalanchowk, Makawanpur, Gorkha, Banke, Sindhuli, Udayapur, Rasuwa, Nawalparasi,Jhapa, Ramechhap, Sarlahi, Mahottari, Dhanusa, Chitawan, Lalitpur, Kaski, Morang, Sunsari,Rupandehi, Parsa, Kathmandu, and Dang.2
During the decade-long conflict between the Maoists and the Government of Nepal, which ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2006, over 10,000 children became victims of human trafficking for military purposes and served as child soldiers in the Maoist army.3
The incidence of child trafficking and exploitation in Nepal reached alarming proportions during the 1996-2006 conflict.4
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has roughly estimated that 5,210women and children were trafficked or attempted to be trafficked in the FY 2009-10. Of them, 1609 were intercepted from different boarder points, 207 were rescued within the country from sexual and labor exploitation, 112 were repatriated from the Gulf States and India, and 365 were provided rehabilitation services. 4
5,000 – 15,000 women and girls are trafficked annually to India for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation.2
Between 1,000 and 2,000 children are working in the circuses at any time. 90% of them are girls and 10% are boys.2
Two studies ordered by the Supreme Court and conducted by the GoN in 2008 uncovered that there were nearly 1,200 massage parlors, dance bars, and cabin restaurants in Kathmandu alone; employing nearly 50,000 workers out of which 80% were women aged 12 to 30. Approximately 50% of them suffer from some form of exploitation, including 9,000-15,000 of them who are underage.5
The new estimates on movement, which were not calculated previously, illustrate the fact that cross-border movement is closely allied with forced sexual exploitation, whereas a greater proportion of victims of non-sexual forced labor are exploited in their home area.6
According to United Nations report, 2 Crore 40 Lakh are being the victims of human trafficking annually. Among which 80% are the victims of sexual bondage, 17% of forced labor and of the victims 2 among 3 are women. Only 1 out of 100 are rescued from trafficking.7
According to the Annual report prepared by Office of the Attorney General as of Jestha 2071, the table below shows the percentage of trafficked victims by age group:8
Age Group Percentage of trafficked victims
Below 16 years 24%
16-18 years 41%
Above 18 24%
The table below shows No. of cases when women and children were the victims accused from 2067-20709
No. of cases when women and children were the victims accused
Year Children as Victims Children accused Women as victims Women accused
2069/2070 581 201 2201 1801
2068/2069 392 239 1516 1572
2067/2068 513 261 1717 1530
Total 1486 701 5434 4903
The table below shows No. of cases when women and children were the victims from 2067-20709
No. of cases when women and children were the victims
Year Trafficking
2069/2070 311
2068/2069 288
2067/2068 301
Total 900
According to the Status of the rights of children (SOROC) prepared by CWIN10
86.19 % trafficked children were under the age of 18 & 76.99 % of under the age of 16. Youngest children being 5 Years old. In 141 cases, traffickers were employer leaders. Gangs in 82 cases, women in 5 cases, neighbor in 20 cases, in relative in 3 cases, others in 75 cases.
Of the 326 Total Cases of trafficking, 281 cases were of under 18 years of age and 251 cases were of under 16 years of age.
Source:
United States Department of State. 2013. Trafficking in Persons Report -Country Narratives -- Countries N through Z. – Nepal. (19 June)
Human trafficking assessment tool report for Nepal. 2011. Centre for legal research and resource development. (July)
UN News Center.2010. Sarah Crowe and Marty Logan, UNICEF Helping Former Child Soldiers in Nepal Develop Vital Life Skills. UNICEF Media Center (10 February)
NHRC, Trafficking in persons especially women and children in Nepal. National report 2009-10 at ii (2011) [National TIP Report 2011]
G Subedi. 2009. Emerging concerns and gaps. Pakistan Journal of Women’s Studies Studies conducted by committees under the Joint Secretary of the Trafficking in girls and women in Nepal for commercial sexual exploitation:
Report of International Labor Organization. 2012. Global estimate of forced labor.
Introducing Situation on Trafficking in Persons (TIP)-National Coordination Meeting with Agencies in Combating TIP Saath-Saath Project, July 26,2012
Annual report prepared by Office of the Attorney General, Jestha 2071.
Data extracted from various annual report prepared by Office of the Attorney General
Annual Report on State of the rights of child in Nepal. 2013.Resourse and Information Centre, CWIN.
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