The laxity of authorities has allowed child-trafficking syndicates to thrive, especially in the eastern states of India. Between 2013 and 2014, at least 67,000 children in India went missing, of whom 45% were minors trafficked into prostitution. According to the National Crime Records Bureau, a girl is abducted every eight minutes in India. A US report on human trafficking states that India is one of the world’s main hubs for child sex trafficking. The number of child rapes in India has also been rising at an alarming rate. The 2013 report of the National Crimes Records Bureau reveals there were 48,338 recorded cases of child rape from 2001 to 2011. In 2001 there were 2,113 cases recorded, while in 2011 there were 7,112, a rise of 336%. The report also revealed that 43% of these rape cases were abducted minor girls.

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