Human Trafficking – The Stakeholders’ Perspective

Trafficking of persons is a modern-day form of slavery, threatening the dignity and security of millions of people throughout the world. Virtually every country in the world and every state of India is affected by this crime as a place of origin, transit or destination for victims. This book is an attempt to discuss various issues of human trafficking, including perspectives of various stakeholders.

Preface
Introduction: Perspective, Cause and Effect of Human Trafficking	Veerendra Mishra
I: GENDER PREJUDICE – COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
Civil Society Initiative of a Decade Against Human Trafficking: An Insider’s Attempt at Looking Back	Pravin Patkar
Bride Trafficking within India	M Shafiqur Rahman Khan
Bar Dancer of Mumbai and Trafficked Migrant: Issues of Invisibility and Subaltern Existence	Flavia Agnes
Globalisation, Sexuality and Human Trafficking	Preetha
Immoral Women or Victims? Prostitution in India	Trupti Jhaveri Panchal
II: CHILD TRAFFICKING – LESS ADO ABOUT SILENT EXPLOITATION
Trafficking of Children: Causes and Possible Solutions	Kailash Satyarthi
Child Trafficking: The Alarm That Fails to Ring a Bell!	Bharti Ali
Missing or Sold? Child Trafficking in India	CRY organization
Breaking the Shackles of Bondage is Possible	Rakesh Senger
When They Will Know How to Fight for Justice… It’s About Inter-country adoptions	Anjali Pawar
A New Crisis: Experiences of Dealing with Emerging Trends in Child Trafficking in Delhi	Anant Kumar Asthana
III: PERSPECTIVES ON TRAFFICKING FROM OUTSIDE INDIA
The Perverse Effects of the Hague Adoption Convention	Roelie Post
Sexual Trafficking: Modern Slavery in the UK	Gary Craig
Trafficking of Women in the Land of Sleeping Crocodile	Priyanka Mishra
Dimensions of Trafficking in Women and Child in Bangladesh and Barriers in Law Implementation	Salma Ali
The Final Act	Philip Holmes
Trafficking in Bangladesh: Exploitation of Human Rights, Challenges of Recovery and Reintegration of S Trafficked Survivor	Salima Sarwar and Uzzal Kumar Karmaker
IV: LAW AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING: FROM PRACTITIONERS’ LENS
Human Trafficking: The Angle of Victimology	Justice Roshan Dalvi
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956: A Concise Review	Swati A Chauhan
On Operations and Rescue: Proper Police Procedure in Brothel Rescue Operations under ITPA	Advait Praturi, Michelle Mendonca and Emily Smith
V: EXPERIENCES OF STATE RESPONSES
Combating Human Trafficking: Gaps in Law Enforcement	Veerendra Mishra
Prevention of Human Trafficking: Dimensions and Strategies	P M Nair
A Meaningful Research on Human Trafficking Translated into Action	Umapathi Sattaru
Existing Plights and Non-existent Rights of Trafficked Laborers in Circus Industry	Shrikar Pardeshi
Protection, Rehabilitation and Prevention of Re-trafficking of Victims: The Role of A Magistrate	Levinson J Martins
VI: CASE STUDIES AND MODELS – A WAY FORWARD
Economic Rehabilitation: A Human Approach To Combat Human Trafficking	Arunendra Kumar Pandey
Human Trafficking Scenario in North East India	Hasina Kharbhih
Sex Trafficking, Health Care, and the Health System in Mumbai and Kolkata	Timothy P Williams and Team
Women Trafficking in India: A Case Study of Women Sex Workers of Uttar Pradesh	Awadhesh Kumar Singh and S P Pandey
Index

The book argues that crime cannot be dealt with only by applying piecemeal tactics. Instead, it will require an organised professional, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency approach, calling for concerted, collaborative and participatory efforts of all stakeholders.

All the essays included in this book are original works delving deeply into various forms of human trafficking. They are organised into different themes such as sexual exploitation, child trafficking, trafficking outside India, legal aspects, state experiences and case studies.