Monday, October 17, 2005

Human trafficking in the quake's aftermath / Rediff, 16 Oct 2005

http://us.rediff.com/news/2005/oct/16quake5.htm?q=tp&file=.htm
Mohammad Shehzad
"Although the October 8 earthquake is a great human tragedy, for the human traffickers it is a perfect 'business opportunity'. The mafia has become active creatively. Human smugglers are collecting information about children and women who have lost their parents and spouses respectively. They visit various relief camps, pretend to be the close relatives of such victims and claim their custody"