Parents now key players in trafficking

Thanks to its floating population, Delhi a transit point for traffickers.

New Delhi: Contrary to the earlier trend where human traffickers used to target vulnerable families from Bihar and UP to traffic women and children to various states across the country, a Delhi-based NGO has found that a new trend has emerged wherein parents coordinate with traffickers and pay them money to send their children to work in brick kilns, embroidery units, and bangle making factories in Rajasthan and Bangalore.