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India: Economics Behind Forced Labour Trafficking - Comprehensive Case Studies of Child Domestic Labour and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

India: Economics Behind Forced Labour Trafficking - Comprehensive Case Studies of Child Domestic Labour and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

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by IDWFED published Jun 12, 2014 12:00 AM
Contributors: Global March Against Child Labour
Using a data-driven approach, the report highlights the large amount of money involved in trafficking. In the report, we found out that in India alone, an unnoticed illegal monetary pool of anywhere between US$ 35 to US$ 360 billion is generated through the exploitation of victims of child domestic labour and commercial sexual exploitation accounting for approximately 2 to 20% of India's GDP!

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The “Economics Behind Forced Labour Trafficking” report uncovers the garish realities of forced labour, focusing on trafficking of children for child domestic labour (CDL) and commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). Using a data-driven approach the report gives strong statistical evidence to highlight the extent and movement of money involved in CDL and CSE.

The report is based on a sample consisting of 420 cases of child domestic labour and 196 cases of commercial sexual exploitation victims across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.  A key point emerging from the report is that the costs of human trafficking on the economy are staggering. An unnoticed illegal monetary pool of anywhere between US$ 35 to US$ 360 billion is generated through the exploitation of victims of child domestic labour and commercial sexual exploitation in India accounting for approximately 2 to 20% of India's GDP. If a conservative estimate is taken, then as per the report, the amount of illegal money generated for just one victim of CSE in a brothel per year can range between INR 3 - 14 lakhs, amounting to US$ 30 - US$ 343 billion from brothels only in India.

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