The Better India. India
Children of migrant workers, who fall under the age group of 8-11, are believed to be the prime target for the traffickers, as most of them are left to their own devices with both parents heading for work on a daily basis.
The issue in such cases is that when a child goes missing without any notice, the parents file a ‘missing’ case with the police or ‘kidnapping’ case at the worst, but no one suspects that their ward could be sold into the trafficking ring.
Also, there is an underlying fear amidst parents about the involvement of local goons that further pushes them into silence or lodge a complaint.
