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The Grim Numbers on Human Trafficking

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by Jim Cosgrove, Register Correspondent Sunday, May 12, 2002 2:00 PM Comment

Nepal: 150,000 to 200,000 Nepali girls/women are in India, with 5,000 to 7,000 trafficked annually.

Sri Lanka: 10,000 to 12,000 children from rural areas are trafficked and prostituted to pedophiles by organized crime groups.

Pakistan: An estimated 15,000 children are engaged in prostitution near the Lahore railway station alone, with male children forming a substantial proportion among them. Human Rights Activities estimates 200 to 400 young women and children are smuggled from Bangladesh to Pakistan every month.

India: Twenty percent of Mumbai's (earlier known as Bombay) brothel population estimated to be more than 15,000) consists of girls younger than 18 years old.

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