How many girls are kidnapped and forced to prostitution in India?

 It is difficult to determine the exact number of girls who are kidnapped and forced into prostitution in India due to the nature of the crime and poor enforcement of laws

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. However, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, a girl is abducted every eight minutes in India

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. NGOs estimate that between 12,000 and 50,000 women and children are trafficked into the country annually from neighboring nations as a part of the sex trade

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. An estimated 16 million women and girls are victims of sex trafficking out of an estimated 20 million commercial prostitutes in India

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. Traffickers often kidnap girls from the road, market, and mall and sell them to brothels and international flesh trade

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. In some cases, children are taken from their homes to be bought and sold in the market, while in other cases, children are tricked into the hands of traffickers by being presented with an opportunity for a job, when in reality, upon arrival, they become enslaved

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