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The Associated Press reported in July 2007 that " a U.S. State Department report released last month found that India has the world's largest human trafficking problem" .¹

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According to a news report from Reuters, " traffickers are selling children in India for amounts that are often lower than the cost of animals and most of them end up working as laborers or commercial sex workers." ²

The article stated that buffaloes may cost up to $350, while children who are sold between $12 and $45.

40 to 50 percent of all victims of human trafficking in India are estimated to be children.³

Sources:

1. Associated Press, " Study: Sex trafficking spreading HIV in South Asia," International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2007, http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/01/asia/AS-GEN-India-Nepal-Sex-Trafficking.php (accessed: August 1, 2007).

2. " Children in India cheaper than buffaloes: report," Reuters, April 3, 2007, http://www.reuters.com/ .

3. Reuters.