Human Trafficking: A Social Problems

Human Trafficking: A Social Problem

Introduction

We live in an organized society. Various activities are carried out in society based on established norms, values, traditions, beliefs and modernization. In the process of development, society is faced with many obstacles and difficulties such as superstition and bad morals. These obstacles and difficulties are called social problems. Due to social problems, some people also engage in anti-social activities. Anti-social behavior is called social disease. Civilization and behavior become obstacles to development. Social issues vary by time and place.

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Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labour, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. It is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Almost every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims. According to Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act-2064, the acts considered as human trafficking, punishment to the offender and compensation to the victim are as given in the table below:

It determined by lay compensation to the victim shall not be less than half of the fine levied as punishment to the offended years  imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,00,000 for selling or buying a human being 10 to 15 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 50,000 to 1,00,000 for forcing into prostitution, with or without financial benefit 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,00,000 to 5,00,000 for extracting human organ except otherwise determined by law, 1 to 3 months imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000 to 5,000 for a person engaged in prostitution.

The traffickers use various means for human trafficking such as threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits. Innocent, poor, women, children, illiterate, living in rural areas, suffering from domestic and social violence, etc become the victim of human trafficking. They are trafficked for the purpose of forced labour, child labour, adoption or sexual and labour exploitation. In the past, only women used to be sold for sexual and labour exploitation but the children are also being trafficked nowadays. Women and children are being used as domestic workers with low wage, workers in circus, sexual activities and for begging jobs. Among various forms of human trafficking, some of them are discussed below

a. Girl Trafficking

 Girl trafficking is actually described because the shopping for and promoting of younger women for intercourse and labour exploitation. The smugglers charm harmless women in one-of-a-kind approaches which include imparting an amazing job, scrumptious food, quality clothes, touring to stunning towns or sending them for overseas employment, and so forth. Because of loss of consciousness, being parentless, tormented by home violence and intense poverty, the women and ladies are without difficulty trapped in trafficking. In the past, woman trafficking became restrained simplest to India however it has prolonged its community even to gulf nations, Korea, China and South-East Asian nations. Similarly, ladies are being bought via way of means of the agents in Africa, Europe and America withinside the call of overseas employment. 

Various authorities and non-authorities businesses are combating towards this evil exercise in our country. Due to the energetic efforts of Maiti Nepal, Didi Bahini, Shakti Samuha, Nepal Police, Ministry of Womedy Children and Social Welfare, National Women Commission, and intelligence agencies, the fee of woman trafficking to India has decreased however the trafficking to the 1/3 nations withinside the call of overseas employment has increased. Girl trafficking isn't always simplest an unlawful act however a vile crime. So, it ought to be managed. Girl trafficking may be managed via way of means of the subsequent approaches:

Girls and ladies ought to be aware to be secure from it. Parents/guardians ought to cope with their daughters.

1. Security frame ought to be alert.

2.Offenders ought to accept very strict punishment.

3. Community, authorities and non-authorities corporation ought to paintings join), towards it with accurate coordination and cooperation.

4. Access to schooling and public consciousness ought to be increased.

b. Child Trafficking:

Buying and promoting of youngsters for one-of-a-kind functions is known as toddler trafficking. It achieved without or with consent of own circle of relatives. Due to poverty, own circle of relatives tension, carelessness of guardians, and so forth the youngsters are distracted and misplaced in particular from Terai vicinity and concrete areas . When the youngsters fall into the lure of smugglers, they may be taken a ways farfar from their own circle of relatives and bought. Then, they may be made to paintings in volatile jobs, home, circus and in any different places.

Additionally use them for extracting organs and begging jobs. This is a crook act. It ought to be managed. It may be managed via way of means of the subsequent measures: Community, guardian, own circle of relatives participants and youngsters themselves ought to be alert. Access to schooling and consciousness ought to be increased. There ought to be normal reillance in and industries. Government and non-authorities businesses ought to paintings actively towards it. The struggling youngsters ought to be rescued and rehabilitated.

c. Human Organ Trafficking

This is the change of human organs for the motive of transplantation. Nowadays, numerous elements of human मानव र मानवको अमूल्य अंग frame may be transplanted in the event that they do now no longer paintings or बेच्ने र बेचाउने महाअपराधी हुन्, are damaged. In such case, the own circle of relatives participants or forang tersuforters are shop tri I different humans are made donor and their organs are transplanted withinside the patient's frame. If there may be no member of the family or they may be now no longer geared up to present their organs, such organs are offered from others. This sort of paintings is achieved thru agents. About 42% of the overall transplanted human organs are trafficked illegally.

Due to the present day dwelling fashion and environmental pollution, the trouble of kidney failure is unexpectedly growing all around the world. There is a international want or call for for wholesome frame elements for transplantation. Organs which can be normally traded are liver, lung, cornea and kidney. The human organ traffickers without difficulty lure the terrible and illiterate human beings. It is our obligation to defend the human beings tormented by this trouble and decrease the change of human organs. 

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Article by Shishir Bhattarai 

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