Top 10 Countries Infamous for Human Trafficking
Human trafficking can be described as – the trade in humans, most commonly for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor or for the extraction of organs or tissues, including surrogacy and ova removal. Human trafficking is done because it ensures that these traffickers get easy money in no time. It is a very risky job but the traffickers have established such a strong network throughout the world that the global police are finding it very difficult to curb these activities. Human trafficking is extremely inhuman and gross and it goes against the very principles of human rights. It is seen that human trafficking is carried out more in poor, under-developed or developing countries than in the rich and developed ones. The countries that have a huge urban-rural gap are especially targeted for human trafficking. Here are the top 10 countries infamous for human trafficking –
10. China
China is a top developing country in the world and everyone keeps
talking about how China will soon turn into a super-power. But, one must
know as modern and planned the Chinese cities are, equally poor and
unplanned are the villages. The urban-rural gap is tremendously huge.
China is a source, a transit and a destination for human trafficking.
Humans are trafficked mostly for the sake of forced labour or forced
prostitution. Because of it’s population, the labour in China is cheap.
Traffickers make use of this fact and lure poor people into trafficking
for labour which is gruesome and hardly pays anything. Forced
prostitution happens within the Chinese borders and beyond it. It was
recently found out that there are large Chinese human trafficking
rackets in Spain and France will buy and sell these Chinese people for
about $72,000.9. Ghana
Ghana is a country situated in the North West region of the African
sub-continent. It is not a poor country but it is not a very rich
country either. Ghana has a lot of mines, especially gold mines. So
Ghana has become a point of origin and a destination for a lot of
trafficking in children. These children are forced to work as labourers
in these mines. They are not even paid, sometimes. The girl child is
forced into prostitution. Apart from that, these children are forced
into fishing, begging, agriculture etc. The conditions in which these
children live and work is terrible. Sometimes, children are injured on
purpose so that people give money to them out of sympathy but this money
goes straight into the pockets of the traffickers.8. Uganda
Uganda is not unknown to miserable life conditions. People in Uganda
are subjected to violence on a daily basis due to the conflicts between
the state and the rebels. Uganda is a very poor nation and these
radicals do not have money to employ people into their armies. So, they
traffic children and force them to join the military forces. Children,
aged 11, have to vigil these camps with guns heavier than them and
sometimes ever kill other people. Girls are forced into sexual slavery
by men and they are treated very badly. Sometimes, these young children
are killed for their organs which are then sold into the market for a
very high price.7. Nepal
Human trafficking is a very serious concern in the country of Nepal.
The most booming type of human trafficking taking place is the
trafficking of women from Nepal to India. Almost 5,000 to 10,000 Nepali
women and girls are trafficked just to India every year. It is
considered to be the busiest route of human trafficking in the world.
Nepali girls are favoured in India because of their light skin colour.
Apart from that, a lot of people are bought into India from Nepal as
India is a fast developing country and in need of a lot of labour. Nepal
provides for cheap labour which is forceful. Apart from India, Nepal
also has human trafficking connections and routes to other countries
across the globe.6. Sri Lanka
Humans are trafficked in and outside Sri Lanka, mainly for the
purposes of domestic help, prostitution and labour. But even within Sri
Lanka, children are trafficked around to be used in the military forces.
Sri Lanka is a country that had been in turmoil over the Government-
LTTE conflicts since a long time. The LTTE sometimes forcibly recruited
these children to be used in the war against the government. Girls and
women are trafficked into Sri Lanka to be exploited sexually.5. India
Human trafficking is a major problem in India. Although it is illegal
in India by law by these laws are not implemented properly. Humans are
trafficked in, out and across India for various purposes such as forced
labour, forced prostitution, forced organ implantation etc. Girls are
forced to become surrogate mothers against their will. Children are
trafficked for working into factories that manufacture dangerous stuff
like gunpowder and firecrackers. Sometimes, rackets are run by
traffickers wherein they force children to beg. Just so that they earn
more by gaining sympathy of passer-bys, the children are subjected to
many atrocities such as hot oil is poured into their eyes to blind them,
they’re beaten till they’re greatly injured. Their organs are sold off
in the market. Indian government is taking action against this but it
does not seem to be working so well.4. Pakistan
Pakistan, like India, faces a lot of problems due to human
trafficking. People are trafficked into the country and are sent out.
The biggest problem in human trafficking that Pakistan faces is that of
bonded labour. Bonded labour can be for domestic help or for working in
industries, factories or in the mines etc. This takes place especially
in the Sindh and Punjab regions of Pakistan. Prostitution is also a
major reason for human trafficking. Although Pakistan is a very
religious, orthodox country, the rate of prostitution is very high.3. Haiti
Haiti is a small country in South America. It is a very poor country
which mostly runs on tourism. Tourists influx from America and Europe is
very high in Haiti. Haiti faces the biggest problem of human
trafficking in form of slavery and prostitution. But what makes Haiti
worse from other countries in this matter is that these prostitutes are
young girls aged 12. These girls are forced to have sex with these
foreigner tourists who crave for young virgins. They’re given $1 for it
and sometimes, they have to beg for coins to be able to eat a meal in a
day.2. Brazil
Brazil, like India and China forms a part of the BRICS nation. It is a
developing country but the gap between the urban and the rural and also
between the rich and the poor is very large. Human trafficking is an
on-going problem in Brazil. Women and trafficked extensively as
prostitutes because the tourists that come to Brazil wish for them. It
is a very lucrative business in Brazil. Men are trafficked as forced
labour for doing the gruesome manual labour at a very cheap rate. The
Brazilian government is trying very hard to fox this problem.1. Bangladesh
