More Amazing Faces!

Women Traffickers

We are now back in Kathmandu.

While at the border station we heard many stories of rescued girls. We also saw pictures of many of the caught traffickers and heard about their sentences. What really surprised me was the amount of female traffickers. About sixty percent of the pictures were of women. I guess I thought women would be wiser or more compassionate. I thought wrong.

All of the traffickers looked like anyone else on the street. They could easily blend in. It sure would make it easier if they carried signs!

We also met a member of the Human Rights Council. They work in direct cooperation with PRC and other NGOs in regards to trafficking.

Collectively they have worked with law makers to get stronger sentences for traffickers. Not so long ago it was difficult to prosecute, let alone sentence, a trafficker. Now they are getting lengthy sentences. I am told it is different than in the U.S. If the sentence is ten years, they serve ten years.

India Rescue continued

The team just got back from India. There are eight to be rescued. They are being held several hours from here. Tonight the staff will receive their names and photos. They are now making arrangements to pick them up.

It turns out these kids were trafficked as a result of the earthquake.

Rescue in India

Right now I am at one of PRC's border stations on the Indian border. A couple of staff members went across into India and are coordinating a rescue with local Nepali and Indian authorities.

Without an immigration office here, I can't cross. So instead I wait to hear how it went when they return.

Home Visit

In a previous post I told about a six year old girl staying at the rescue center. This is the home from which she was rescued.

Sting Operation

I just heard a great story!

A few months ago a girl was rescued in India and her trafficker was arrested. PRC picked up the girl but in the meantime the trafficker bribed an Indian officer and escaped.

Somehow PRC got a photo of the trafficker. They distributed it around their locations as well as shared it with law enforcement and other organizations.

A staff member had a copy of the photo while at a tea shop far away from where the trafficking took place. As he was having tea, a customer saw the photo. The customer asked about it. The staff member said that it was just someone he hoped to get in touch with and asked "why, do you know him." The person said he did and that he was a chicken supplier to restaurants.

With that info, the staff member tracked down his cell number. Since the trafficker was on the run it took a while for him to return. When he did the PRC staff member called him posing as a restaurant owner needing a large order of chicken.

Now the trafficker is in prison. What a sting! The trafficker even made the paper.

India Border

We are at the India border visiting one of the border monitoring stations. The first image shows the border. The buildings on the right are in Nepal, the ones on the left are in India. In the middle is no man's land.

The PRC staff was in action. In a previous post I mentioned a girl I had met on a previous trip who was rescued from the brothels in India and is now part of the staff, that is her on the right. How amazing it is to see her now!

While we were visiting the border station, an underage couple was brought in. While the staff was questioning them they found out they were runaways. They were running away to India to get married but didn't know to where. The PRC staff informed them of the dangers and were counselling them. They agreed to PRC calling their families to come and get them. Now they might be in trouble with their parents but they are safe.