Nepal quake victims now face threat of human trafficking

May 07, 2015 08:08

Human traffickers could try to target vulnerable women and children displaced by a devastating earthquake in Nepal. The deadly earthquake that struck on April 25 killed thousands of people and made many more homeless.

One non-government organisation working to prevent child trafficking said it had seen an increase in suspicious cases at the porous border with India which has in the past been used to traffic women and children from Nepal into slavery and prostitution. "Girls are at high risk of trafficking and sexual abuse, they have to be protected," Anuradha Koirala, the founder of Maiti Nepal, an anti-trafficking organisation said.

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