Stolen Innocence: Sex Trafficking in India NGO volunteer by day, sex worker by night. This woman was our protector in the largest brothel in Mumbai - Kamathipura. Our protector in her shared room. A young girl on the streets of Kolkata. Grandmother. Her granddaughter was tricked by a neighbor in a village in the Sundarbans and told there would be good work for her in the city. Instead, she was taken to Sonagachi and forced to work as a sex slave. Mother. Her under age daughter was tricked by a neighbor in a village in the Sundarbans and told there would be good work for her in the city. Instead, she was taken to Sonagachi and forced to work as a sex slave. A sex worker in her room in Kalighat, Kolkata. She was taken from her home as a young teen. A woman hauling her fishing net back home. Sundarbans, West Bengal. The Sundarbans is a vulnerable place for a girl to grow up. Traffickers take advantage of the youth in these areas by giving them hope of work or school in the big city. A woman walking through a neighborhood in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Vulnerable children are most at risk for becoming trafficking victims. Many trafficking victims come from small villages where resources are scarce for the families left behind. Women fishing in a river in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Girls are most often trafficked between the ages of 15-17. Son of a sex worker. New Light is an organization in the heart of the red-light district in Kalighat. Their goal is to help raise the youth in these areas and get them out of the sex work cycle. Now a chef at the biggest hotel in Kolkata, this young man was one of New Light's first students. newlightindia.org People of the Sundarbans. A young mother in the Sundarbans. The Aunt. Her niece had been missing for several months, but with the help of Rishi and Shakti Vahini, her niece was rescued during a raid in Delhi. shaktivahini.org A young girl in the Sundarbans. Life in the Sundarbans. A young camera shy girl in the Sundarbans. A young boy hides behind his parents in the Sundarbans. Mother. Sister. Rishi and Shakti Vahini show the family a picture of their daughter and sister. She was rescued during a raid in Delhi. shaktivahini.org Strong. Tricked into sex slavery as a young teen. Rescued and taking on the world. She is training to become a police officer. A young baby asleep under a mosquito net in a mud home in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Parents. Their young daughter had been missing for months. After contacting a special sex trafficking unit in Kolkata all they could do was wait. The Kolkata unit worked with Shakti Vahini in Delhi who worked tirelessly to bring their daughter home. The Sundarbans is a vulnerable place for a girl to grow up. Traffickers take advantage of the youth in these areas by giving them hope of work or school in the big city. The gate to Kalighat. One of the largest red-light districts in Kolkata. Protest. After an elderly nun was raped outside of the city and women's rights activist Suzette Jordan died, activists took to the streets and protested outside the Kolkata police station. Protest. After an elderly nun was raped outside of the city and women's rights activist Suzette Jordan died, activists took to the streets and protested outside the Kolkata police station. Protest. After an elderly nun was raped outside of the city and women's rights activist Suzette Jordan died, activists took to the streets and protested outside the Kolkata police station. A young boy near the border of India and Nepal working in a rock quarry. A woman sits on a mound of rocks and pounds each stone by hand near the border of India and Nepal. There were several minors working in the area.