Child Trafficking

India visit left me shocked and sad: Lindsay Lohan

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 10, 2013

Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who visited India in 2009 to shoot a documentary on child trafficking in the country, says it was an unforgettable experience that left her "shocked and sad".

Woman in Rajasthan allegedly sold 11-year-old daughter for Rs 6 lakh

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Sunday January 27, 2013

A woman from Tonk in Rajasthan allegedly sold her 11-year-old daughter for Rs 6 lakh to a couple, who wanted to traffic her for prostitution. The child, however, managed to escape and went to the police for help.

Chinese police bust trafficking rings, rescue 89 children

Reuters | Monday December 24, 2012

Chinese police have rescued 89 children and arrested 355 suspects during a crackdown on nine child trafficking rings nationwide, state media reported on Monday.

US lists 21 Indian products causing forced or child labour

Monday December 17, 2012

The US has placed 21 Indian products under its Trafficking Victims Protection Re-authorisation Act, 2005 list for alleged use of child labour, government said today.

Couple trying to sell baby held in Hyderabad

Press Trust of India | Thursday November 15, 2012

A woman and her husband were apprehended from Secunderabad for allegedly trying to sell a week-old baby girl, police said on Thursday.

Facebook used to kidnap, traffic Indonesian girls

Agence France-Presse | Monday October 29, 2012

When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn't know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It's a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual predators find new ways...

Indonesia school expels raped pupil: Activist

Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 9, 2012

An Indonesian school has expelled a 14-year-old girl, claiming she "tarnished" the institution's image after she was raped by a trafficking syndicate, a child rights activist said on Tuesday.

Her son is among India's 50,000 missing children

Agence France-Presse | Friday October 5, 2012

Thirteen-year-old Shivam Singh promised his mother he would be back to do his homework as he ran to get some sweets. He never returned, becoming one of the 50,000 children who go missing every year in India.

She sold her baby to get medical treatment for another child

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 9, 2012

A woman, her husband and two others were arrested on Thursday for selling her new-born son for Rs.40,000 in Rajathan's Sriganganagar town, police said.

Indian children's homes under abuse spotlight

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 11, 2012

A series of sex abuse scandals at orphanages and shelters in India has sounded alarms over the management of children's homes, many of which operate with little or no public oversight.

Four arrested for child trafficking, eight minor girls rescued

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday June 26, 2012

Four people, including a woman, were arrested in Delhi for child trafficking and eight minor girls were rescued, police said on Tuesday. "The accused were involved in trafficking minor girls from Assam, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh and placing them as ...

Video of kid 'violence' stirs storm in Mexico

NDTV Correspondent | Friday April 13, 2012

A video "mockumentary" that shows children as kidnappers, corrupt cops and drug traffickers sparked a fierce debate in violence-torn Mexico on Thursday, with some people calling it a needed wake-up call while others described it as political manipula...

Video of kid 'violence' stirs storm in Mexico

Associated Press | Friday April 13, 2012

A video "mockumentary" that shows children as kidnappers, corrupt cops and drug traffickers sparked a fierce debate in violence-torn Mexico on Thursday, with some people calling it a needed wake-up call while others described it as political manipula...

Raids in Delhi to rescue child labourers after NDTV report

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday April 5, 2012

After NDTV reported on Wednesday, how in the last one year, 14,000 adults and children have disappeared from West Bengal, most of them believed to have been swallowed up by the huge trafficking trade that is accustomed to treating West Bengal as its ...

Police rescue 25 minor girls from Bihar fair

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday February 14, 2012

Twenty Five minor girls, who were allegedly forced to dance naked at a theatre in a rural fair near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's Araria district, were rescued and 44 people arrested under human trafficking charges during a raid, police said on Mo...