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>  Trafficking of Nepalese women to India remains a lucrative business
>
> New Delhi, February 24, 2001
> Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
>
> Trafficking of Nepalese women and children into Indian brothels
> remains a low risk and a highly lucrative venture. Lack of judicial
> and law enforcement and rampant corruption among officials has allowed
> this trade in human beings to flourish in recent years, according to
> the report of a regional human rights network. The Human Rights
> Features, voice of the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Network, warns that
> these clandestine activities will continue to proliferate in Nepal
> unless the stakes are raised significantly.
>
> Although there are anti-trafficking laws existing in Nepal,
> trafficking continued unabated because judicial and law enforcement
> institutions in the country have failed to implement and enforce the
> laws effectively. Individuals who are convicted of trafficking face up
> to twenty years prison sentence under Nepalese laws. Nepal is also a
> signatory to variety of international conventions that require State
> parties to curb, inter alia, trafficking, forced or bonded labour and
> forced prostitution.
>
> According to the report, Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata continue to be
> the most common trafficking destinations in India. "Traffickers are
> recognizing Nepal as a lucrative source country for the sex trade in
> other countries of Southeast Asia and the Middle East", said the
> report released today.
>
> It also cited the lack of sufficient cross-border cooperation between
> Nepalese and Indian authorities as a factor, which compounds the
> enforcement problem. No passports are required for Indian and Nepalese
> citizens at the Nepal-India border. "While India and Nepal have
> acknowledged the need for a coordinated response in order to curb
> trafficking, tangible cooperation in law enforcement has not taken
> place."
>
> International agencies estimate that as many as 5,000 to 7,000
> Nepalese women and girls are lured into trafficking networks each year
> with the promises of jobs or marriage, adding to the estimated 200,000
> Nepalese women and girls who are currently working in brothels in
> Indian cities.
>
>

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<center><u><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#000099"><font size=+1>Trafficking
of Nepalese women to India remains a lucrative business</font></font></font></u></center>

<p><font size=+1>New Delhi, February 24, 2001</font>
<br><font size=+1>Mizzima News Group <a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>(www.mizzima.com)</a></font>
<p><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>Trafficking of Nepalese women and
children into Indian brothels remains a low risk and a highly lucrative
venture. Lack of judicial and law enforcement and rampant corruption among
officials has allowed this trade in human beings to flourish in recent
years, according to the report of a regional human rights network. The
Human Rights Features, voice of the Asia-Pacific Human Rights Network,
warns that these clandestine activities will continue to proliferate in
Nepal unless the stakes are raised significantly.</font></font>
<p><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>Although there are anti-trafficking
laws existing in Nepal, trafficking continued unabated because judicial
and law enforcement institutions in the country have failed to implement
and enforce the laws effectively. Individuals who are convicted of trafficking
face up to twenty years prison sentence under Nepalese laws. Nepal is also
a signatory to variety of international conventions that require State
parties to curb, inter alia, trafficking, forced or bonded labour and forced
prostitution.</font></font>
<p><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>According to the report, Mumbai,
New Delhi and Kolkata continue to be the most common trafficking destinations
in India. "Traffickers are recognizing Nepal as a lucrative source country
for the sex trade in other countries of Southeast Asia and the Middle East",
said the report released today.</font></font>
<p><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>It also cited the lack of sufficient
cross-border cooperation between Nepalese and Indian authorities as a factor,
which compounds the enforcement problem. No passports are required for
Indian and Nepalese citizens at the Nepal-India border. "While India and
Nepal have acknowledged the need for a coordinated response in order to
curb trafficking, tangible cooperation in law enforcement has not taken
place."</font></font>
<p><font color="#990000"><font size=+1>International agencies estimate
that as many as 5,000 to 7,000 Nepalese women and girls are lured into
trafficking networks each year with the promises of jobs or marriage, adding
to the estimated 200,000 Nepalese women and girls who are currently working
in brothels in Indian cities.</font></font>
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