Kolkata, India, India
the perpetrators were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department on 2/16/07. On May 3, 2010 the two men and one woman traffickers were sentenced to 10 years in prison for t he trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of three minor girls. The girls who were 12, 14 and 16 years of age had been lured by the traffickers from their rural villages in Nepal and W. Bengal with the prospect of legitimate work in Kilkata. Instead they were sold to the traffickers who forced them into having sex with as many as 12 customers per day.
Location
India · Kolkata, India · 2007 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
CID and International Justice Mission rescued the three girls, all minors that were being trafficked for sex by Criminal Investigation Department and the International Justice Mission. The IJM assisted CID throughout the case, including in locating the three victims and providing vital evidence on the basis of which the three victims were rescued and the perpetrators arrested.
the minors were placed in aftercare homes where they have been receiving counseling and schooling and have been completely transformed since their rescue reports IJM social worker Rupa Chetri who has worked closely with all three former victims.
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