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This book provides a glimpse of a grave social issue that has plagued nations all over the globe. Trafficking in persons at present is a social debacle. It is an organized industry that is operating in the underground economy worldwide. Both the developed and the underdeveloped world are plagued by the shackles of trafficking of women and children. The international borders have become highly permeable so that human beings are routed from one nation to another as commodities and then used in illegal activities like prostitution, bonded labor, forced slavery and illegal servitude. Thus, human trafficking poses serious challenges in myriad forms. The sex industry is one of the prime destinations of the trafficked victims. Mostly women from a fragile economic background are taken into an alluring trap with promises of legitimate employment, safe and secured future. Children are attracted with hopes of luxurious life, education facilities etc. They are ignorant of their fate and actually land in illegal servitude, sex trade, crime groups etc. The governments of the destination countries and international bodies are aware of the severe threats of such practice of trafficking human beings and have taken several initiatives on this front. The book tries to throw light on such anti-trafficking initiatives adopted in various regions with special reference to USA, Africa, South Asia, United Kingdom and India. It aims at stirring social and public awareness of a social debacle, because it is only the combined efforts of the masses, policy makers and international agencies that can put an end to such a social malpractice.