Child Protection and Juvenile Justice

System
Child Trafficking

Submitted to: Mrs. Prachi Srivastava

Submitted by: Pratham Saxena
BBALLB VIII Sem
Child Trafficking

A Form of human trafficking

● The recruitment , transportation, transfer and harboring
of children for the purpose of exploitation.
● Any act or transaction where a child is transferred by
any person or a group of people for money or any kind
of other form of payment.
Forms of Trafficking

It is also a kind of modern slavery

● Sex trafficking
● Domestic servitude
● Factory and farm slavery
● Children in army
● Children in bondage labour
● Beggars.
Statistics of trafficking

● 1.2 billion children and babies are trafficked

annually worldwide.
● Profit of $29.5 billion every year
● Two million children are exploited in the
transnational sex trade.
● No record in what forms of trafficking takes
Impact of trafficking on victims

● Loss of support from the family and community

● Loss of proper education
● Obstacles in physical development
● Psychological traumas
● Isolation and boycott from society
● Exploitation of child rigghts.
Why do victims fall prey?
● Poverty
● Migration
● Political Stability
● Militarisms
● Civil unrest
● Natural disaster in homeland
● Promises of economic opportunities for a better
life
● Lack of unemployment
Recruitment and Extraction

● Fraud
● Trickery
● False Promises
● Familiarity
● Violence
● Slaveholders keep things in control by constant
threat of violence
● Almost all trafficked children are victimsof an
extreme act of violence.
Impact of Trafficking on Society

● Fuels organized crime

● Deprives country of human capital
● Promotes social breakdown
● Undermines public health
● Imposes enormous economic cost
● Subverts govt. authorities
Health issues of victims ignored

● Anxiety
● Depression
● Sleep disorders
● Post traumatic stress disorders
● Disorientation
● Confusion
● Phobias and panic attacks
Indian laws

● Legal Framework to Address Trafficking in India ,

Article 23 of the Constitution Guarantees right
against exploitation ; prohibits traffic in human
beings and forced labour makes their practice
punishable under law.
Prevention
● Efforts to prevent child Trafficking have been
concentrated in two main strategies :
❏ Prosecuting and punishing traffickers and their
associates.
❏ Giving information to children and their parents about
trafficking.
❏ Political Stability
❏ Tight border security
❏ Strict laws and rule formation
❏ Collaboration of NGOs and INGOs against it
THANK YOU