After Yearslong Fight, Minor Trafficking Victim May See Justice as Perpetrator Faces Adult Trial
JVI’s Justice Hub in West Bengal recently experienced a notable legal victory when a trafficking case involving a perpetrator who was a minor was transferred to the trial court (from the Juvenile Justice Court), due to the perpetrator’s complicity in the heinous crime. In 2018, 15-year-old Nita* was lured into trafficking by another girl who was also a minor. Nita was eventually forced into commercial sex exploitation in West Bengal until her rescue. The main perpetrator of the crimes against