CNN: Official: More than 1M child prostitutes in India

[kungpaochicken]

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Around 1.2 million children are believed to be involved in prostitution in India, the country's federal police said Monday.

Ashwani Kumar, who heads the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), told a seminar on human trafficking, that India occupied a "unique position" as what he called a source, transit nation and destination of this trade.

India's home secretary Madhukar Gupta remarked that at least 100 million people were involved in human trafficking in India.

"The number of trafficked persons is difficult to determine due to the secrecy and clandestine nature of the crime.

"However, studies and surveys sponsored by the ministry of women and child development estimate that there are about three million prostitutes in the country, of which an estimated 40 percent are children," a CBI statement said.

Prostitution in pilgrim towns, exploitation through sex tourism and pedophilia are some of the "alarming trends" that have emerged in recent years in India, it noted.

Authorities believe 90 percent of human trafficking in India is "intra-country."
Official: More than 1M child prostitutes in India - CNN.com

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

And what exactly is this thread supposed to achieve, other than provide us a 'factoid'?

 

[grey boy 2]

Wow; Three million prostitutes 40% are children ?

Thats some kind of unbelieveble numbers !!

GOI need to put more focus on this issue.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Again, there is no point to these kinds of threads.

If the issue of prostitution needs to be discussed, then it needs to be looked at properly in the context of what kinds of programs are being put in place or already exist to solve the problem.

There is no point to a discussion that merely seeks to taunt and denigrate a nation on the basis of such 'factoids', which is what the intent seems here.

Refrain from such threads please.

Thread closed.