According to a fact sheet by UNICEF,  ”an estimated 12,000 Nepalese children, mainly girls, are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation each year within Nepal or to brothels in India and other countries.” Source: UNICEF, “Fact Sheets: Commercial Sexual Exploitation,” Child Protection Information Sheet, May 2006.

According to Reuters in 2007, “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 laboreres or commercial sex workers.” The article stated that buffaloes may cost up to $350, while child who are trafficked are sold between $12 and $45. Source: [...]

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.” Source: Associated Press, “Study: Sex trafficking spreading HIV in South Asia,” International Herald Tribune, July 31, 2007.

Source: United States-India Business Council Newsletter, December 18, 2006.

Source: IANS, “India main source of counterfeit medicines seized in Europe,” Malaysia Sun, June 1, 2007.

Source:  “Counterfeit acount for 70-75% of replacement battery market: ICA,” The Economic Times, October 3, 2007.

Source: Automotive Aftermarket Suppliers Association, “Counterfeiting-FACTS,”(accessed: May 1, 2006).

Source: Reuters, ” India to curb smuggling of Buddhist relics,” Scotsman, October 17, 2006.

This figure is down from 5,000 in 1997. Source: Ashok Sharma, Associated Press, “India to spend $13.5M to protect tigers,” Yahoo News, March 1, 2008.

An organ trafficking network that is believed to have transplanted between 400 to 500 kidneys over 9 years was recently broken up by authorities in India.  From the International Herald Tribune: As the anesthetic wore off, Naseem Mohammed felt an acute pain somewhere in the lower left part of his abdomen. Fighting off drowsiness, he fumbled [...]