Human Trafficking in North East India

Human trafficking is the trade in humans most commonly for the purpose of sexual, forced labour or commercial sexual exploitation for the traffickers or others for the extraction of organs or tissues including surrogacy and oval removal or for providing a spouse in the context of force marriage. North East India has become a major source of human trafficking to other parts of India and elsewhere. In North East India, the combination of poverty, ethnic conflicts, unemployment, gender inequality, inadequate legislation and law enforcement enables trafficking to thrive. Searching for employment, driven by poverty and insecurity of life has forced many women and girls to move in uncertain destinations with unknown persons. Human trafficking in India's North East which is considered as the hotspot of human trafficking can no longer be ignored. It is the symptoms of social and economic problems. However, lack of knowledge on the issue is a great barrier in preventing with more effective interventions.