Child survivors of last year’s earthquake in Nepal are being sold to British families to work as domestic slaves, according to an investigation by The Sun newspaper.
The Sun revealed that these boys and girls are as young as 10, and are being sold for £5,250 ($7,467); black market gangs are allegedly operating the trade in India’s state of Punjab, near the Nepalese border.
Home secretary Theresa May responded to the claims and asked the National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate the newspaper’s exposé.
3,266 children in the U.K. were identified as potential trafficking victims.
