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Indian activists confront tradition to fight sex trafficking

To rescue girls from sex trafficking, Indian activists confront tradition and family ties

01/13/2015 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Indian activists confront tradition to fight sex trafficking

Clip: 1/13/2015 | 8m 30s

To rescue girls from sex trafficking, Indian activists confront tradition and family ties

In India, a new law punishes human traffickers rather than the girls who have been forced into prostitution, sometimes by family members. In the second report of a two-part series, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro joins human rights activists and the police as they go into homes and brothels in search of victims of the sex trade.

01/13/2015 | Rating NR

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