TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

number of rescue and repatriation is estimated to be 1,600 to 2,000 and the annual number of
missing persons recorded in NGOs, NCCR and Nepal Police comes out to be 7,863. Of the missing
persons, 83.5 percent remain missing. This suggests that a total of 9,000 to 9,500 persons were
attempted to traffic, and 8,000 to 8,500 persons were trafficked in each of the FYs 2013/14 and
2014/15. Note that the estimates of the trafficked persons is made assuming that all rescued and
repatriated persons and all the untraced missing persons were trafficked persons. Records show that
missing persons remain missing for more than one-year. The Supreme Court of India considers that if
a missing person who remains missing for more than four months shall be considered as a victim of a
trafficked person and the case shall be forwarded to the anti-trafficking unit. In Nepal, there is no
legal provision for the untraced missing persons considering as trafficked persons and there is no
time-bound of considering them as potentially victims of the trafficking. However, the same
condition of the legal practice of India may be applicable in case of Nepal.
Evidence suggests that the number of the interception of the vulnerable persons has increased after
the earthquake of April 25, 2015 in Nepal. As suggested by the Maiti Nepal data, it increased at least
by 15 percent before and after the three months of the earthquake of April 2015 in Nepal (from 635
persons to 725 persons).
Table 2.1 Figures based on program enforcement/implementation
Source
Magnitude
WCSC, 2007 2,216 missing children from various regions in Nepal between July 2007
and June 2008
WCSC, 2007 3,258 missing women in Kathmandu valley between 1998 and 2007
Different NGOs*, 2008/09
(National Report 2008/09)
3,164 and 322 intercepted and rescued by different national level NGOs
in FY 2008/09
Different NGOs, 2009/10 About 5,500 were trafficked or attempted to traffic
(National Report 2009/10)
Different NGOs 2011
About 11,500 were trafficked or attempted to traffic
(National Report 2011)
Different NGOs 2013
13,905 to 15,568 persons were trafficked or attempted to trafficked
(This Report)
Global Slavery Index 2013 250,000 to 270,000 were enslaved;
Of which, 2.5% or 6250 to 6750 were trafficked alone
Different NGOs 2013/14 and In FY 2013/14,
2014/15
• 9482 persons (9057 NGOs and 425 Nepal Police) were
intercepted; (Table 5.16 & Table 2.18)
(National Report 2013-15) • about 1600 were rescued and repatriated (Table 5.16)
• 7863 persons were recorded as missing (1858 NGOs, 837 NCCR
and 5168 WCSD). of which, 6564 or 83.5% remain missing.
(Table 5.16, 2.16 & 2.17)
In FY 2014/15,
• about 9000 persons were intercepted; (Table 5.16)
• about 2000 were rescued and repatriated and (Table 5.16
• 2692 persons were recoded as missing (1906 NGOs and 786
NCCR). (Table 5.16 & 2.16) of which, 1909 or 70.9% remain
missing*.
After Earthquake of April 2015 to August, 2015,
• about 3864 persons were intercepted (Table 5.16)
• 1116 (NGOs 955 and Nepal Police 161) were rescued and
repatriated (Table 5.16 and Table 3.10)
• 1398 (165 NGOs and 1233 Nepal Police) persons remain
missing (Table 3.9 and Table 5.16).
• Maiti Nepal - The number of persons intercepted increased
from 635 before three months of the earthquake to 725 after
the three months of the earthquake (Table 3.11).
Note: * in the FY 2014/15, the number of missing persons recorded in WCSD was not available.
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