A lot of children are still smuggled out of country by criminals. Is it law enforcement issue? Is it poverty? Is it loosening social and family fabric? No parents want to loose their children. Criminals smuggle children and women out of the country. Yesterday, I read this article in the Daily Star. As the report writes:
"In recent years, there has been a significant increase in trafficking of women and children in Bangladesh particularly in border area. Very little work has been done to understand the local dynamics of the problem meaningfully. There are young boys aged about 8 to 15 (some are even younger). They are those specifically sent to the Arab Gulf countries. There they are used as drivers for camel races; offering sexual favours is a secondary activity in most instances. As in the case of girls, there are no reliable statistics, but possibly about 50 to 100 boys are being smuggled out of Bangladesh for this purpose. The camel-rider boys of Bangladesh are part of rich Arab households.
The entire trafficking operation involves "scouting" for suitable victims, picking them up, then keeping them hidden in Dhaka City for a few days (sometimes the children are gagged and chained), then putting them on a bus or train towards the Indian border or elsewhere. There are people on both sides of the border who are part of the trafficking chain. Sometimes a prospective buyer is also waiting at the border. Transactions can be up to 40,000 to 50, 000 taka though most go for less".
Please read this article here.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
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