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Article

24 May 2015

Author:
Jason Burke & Manoj Chaurasia, Guardian

India rescues children from traffickers exploiting Nepal earthquake aftermath

Authorities in India have rescued more than 20 children from a human trafficking network targeting families who lost their livelihoods in last month’s earthquake in Nepal...In its aftermath...traffickers targeting the children of parents who have lost their jobs in the disaster...The children were in fact being taken to a bag-manufacturing factory in Mumbai...Four traffickers were detained by the police....last week 28 child labourers, including eight from Nepal, were rescued from a garment factory in the north-western city of Ludhiana by an NGO.