By Stephanie Holmes
BBC News |
Thousands of women are trafficked into marriage in India each year
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I was under his control - mentally, physically - I was under his control. I couldn't even sneeze without him knowing
Penny, trafficking survivor
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Minors are particularly at risk of working in exploitative conditions
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If you make money out of illegal products then, in some ways, people are an easier product than drugs and arms
Ruth Dearnley, Stop the Traffik
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TRAFFICKING IN NUMBERS
52% of those recruiting victims are men
49% of profit generated in industrialised economies
Most trafficked people aged 18-24
1.2m children trafficked per year
Source: UNGIFT
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Children - sometimes trafficked - are used to untangle fishing nets
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