TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

Table of Contents
Executive Summary
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Chapter I 1
Introduction 1
1.1 Objective of the National Report 1
1.2 Definition of Trafficking in Persons 2
1.3 Understanding TIP Situation in Nepal: the Anylitical Framework 3
1.4 Data and Methods 5
1.5 Limitation of the Study 5
1.6 Organization of the Report 6
Chapter 2 7
Situation of Trafficking in Persons 7
2.1 Assessing the Existing Counter-Trafficking Database Systems in Nepal 7
2.2 Magnitude of Trafficking in Persons 8
2.3 Reported Cases of Trafficking in Persons 10
2.3.1 Number of Cases 10
2.3.2 Characterizing the Trafficked Survivors 11
2.3.3 Characterizing the Trafficked Accused Persons 14
2.3.4 Profile of Imprisoned Traffickers, Process and Modus Operandi of Trafficking 15
2.3 Female Workers in Entertainment Sector, Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking 16
2.4 Trafficking of Girls to Korea and China for the Purpose of Marriage 19
2.5 Trafficking of Human Organs 19
2.6 Child Trafficking 21
2.6.1 Vulnerability of Trafficking: Child Labor 21
2.6.2 Vulnerability of Trafficking: Harmful Practices 22
2.6.3 Vulnerability of Trafficking: Violence against Children 23
2.6.4 Vulnerability of Trafficking: Intercountry Adoption 25
2.6.5 Vulnerability of Trafficking: Missing Children and Women 26
2.6.6 Interception of Children by Nepal Police 28
2.7 Emerging Challenges 28
Chapter 3 29
Emerging Vulnerabilities of Trafficking of Persons in Nepal: the Deadly Earthquakes of Mid-2015 29
3.1 Assessing the Impact of Earthquakes 29
3.1.1 The Estimated Loss by Sectors 29
3.1.2 Magnitude of the Affected Populations: the Marginalized Groups, Children and Women30
3.1.3 Increase in Number and Proportion of Poor 31
3.1.4 Effects on Employment and Well-being 32
3.1.5 Increase of Migration as a Coping Strategy 32
3.1.6 Loss in Internal Efficiency of Children in Schooling 33
3.1.7 Estimated Number of Children Affected by the Quakes 33
3.2 Media Coverage on Possibility of Trafficking in Persons 34
3.3 Key Concerns and Priorities of Children: Evidences from Field Studies 37
3.4 Evidences of Trafficking of Women and Children after the Earthquakes 38
3.5 Responses 41
3.5.1 Government’s Responses 41
3.5.2 Responses of National Human Rights Commission 44
3.5.3 Responses of UN Agencies, External Development Partners and NGOs 44
3.6 Emerging Challenges 46
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