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20K Girls from AP, Telangana pushed to flesh trade: Dr Sunita Krishnan
20K Girls from AP, Telangana pushed to flesh trade: Dr Sunita Krishnan Trafficking of young women for commercial sex is no longer confined to innocent tribals or girls from rural parts or from economically backward classes. It is estimated that 20,000 girls from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are pushed into commercial sex market every year.
Trafficking of young women for commercial sex is no longer confined to innocent tribals or girls from rural parts or from economically backward classes. It is estimated that 20,000 girls from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are pushed into commercial sex market every year.
Today, any woman can be trafficked, irrespective of her background, says Sunita Krishnan of Prajwala, a NGO that rescues, rehabilitates, and reintegrates trafficked victims into society. The “supply areas” are many, right from bus stops to railway stations and colleges to public places. Employment, especially in the glamour world of film and modelling and overseas assignment, has been the common lure. A majority of the victims have been girls from the middle class families, who foster a dream.
Recently, two rackets were busted in Visakhapatnam, wherein women and girls were being trafficked to Middle East countries, Singapore, and Malaysia. Three victims were sent on tourist visa. After reaching the destination, their passports were impounded and they were forced into flesh trade.
“Girls from Rayalaseema districts such as Anantapur and Kadapa mostly land up in Delhi or flesh market in North India. Girls from East and West Godavari and Visakhapatnam are trafficked to Pune, Mumbai, and Goa. The network is pan India and global at times,” says Dr Sunita Krishnan.
