Trafficking remains India’s bane

New Delhi, June 11: Despite efforts to check trafficking in persons, India has failed to improve its ranking again this year and has been placed in Tier II watch list for the fourth consecutive year since 2004. The ranking implies that India does not comply with minimum standards laid down by the US to combat human trafficking.

Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report is an assessment of steps taken by various countries to check human trafficking and is released annually by the US State Department. The report for 2007 will be released on June 12 in Washington.

Last year’s report had said India was a source, destination and transit country for men, women and children trafficked for the purpose of forced or bonded labour and commercial sexual exploitation. The report also said the Indian Government had failed to evolve a national law enforcement response to trafficking or failed to vigorously investigate or prosecute acts of trafficking in the country.

In response, the Indian Government took a number of steps to improve its position, including setting up of a special cell in the Ministry of Home Affairs, to look at the problem and device a policy framework for improving the implementation of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. The Bureau of Police Research And Development came out with a training manual on “Human Trafficking Handbook For Investigators” for use in police training in institutes. Besides, amendments in the Immoral Traffic Act are already under consideration and Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) has already formulated a comprehensive scheme for prevention of trafficking and rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate victims of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.

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