• Nepali Gang Sells Women to Brothels After Selling Kidneys - Nepal Police and an NGO fighting traffickingare searching for four Nepali women who were sold in India's easternKolkata city by a gang that first duped them into selling their kidneys.
• Open Bangladesh/Nepal Border Fuels Trafficking -- Porous borders along Nepal and Bangladesh have fuelled the growth of cross border trafficking in and around the tea estates in Darjeeling. (from NDTV)
• Combating Girl-Trafficking and Sex Slavery -- Without domestic action and international cooperation, girl-trafficking and sex slavery in Nepal cannot be curbed effectively, writes RAJU ADHIKARI (from Nepal Monitor)
• Trafficking of Nepali Girls -- According to the U.S. State Department’s latest report on human trafficking, “An estimated twelve thousand Nepali women and children are trafficked every year into sexual exploitation in Indian brothels, and an unspecified number are victims of internal sex trafficking." (from VOA News)
• Action Plan Against Trafficking -- Human rights activists and social workers have sought a new and strong mechanism and long-term plan of action for checking human trafficking. In an interaction in Kathmandu, participants expressed their serious concern over the rising trend of human trafficking, in general, and girl trafficking, in particular, in Nepal. (from The Rising Nepal)
• Nepal Teen's Bondage Tale Reaches US Award Shortlist
-- The plight of a 13-year-old Nepalese girl, sold to an Indian brothel by her stepfather, made it to the shortlist of a prestigious American literary award and is spearheading an effort by the author to raise awareness among young Americans about human trafficking. (from Calcutta News) The slim volume in book stores and libraries is: SOLD by Patricia McCormick, Hyperion Teens Publishers, 2006.
• Girl Trafficking on the Increase --There has been further increase in the number of the Nepalese girls being trafficked across various border entry points of Nepal. Earlier, 8,000 Nepalese girls were trafficked across Indian border annually. However, this figure has increased to 12,000 annually over the past few years. (from The Rising Nepal)
