here have been a few NGOs working for the welfare of these children who are the victims of the Beggar Mafia. They rescue and rehabilitate them and press the government to take firm action against the criminals. So far they have been successful to a certain extent, but injustice still prevails. One such remarkable organisation is the Janaseva Sisubhavan at Kerala. They have rescued about 25 such children from the Beggar Mafia and are currently rehabilitating them.
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Beggar Mafia, is a highly complex and structured network of criminals, which forces the children by disfiguring them to beg on the streets. These children are tortured and abused inhumanely. Even after the exposure of facts by a news channels like CNN-IBN, not much action was taken. Therefore, the only possible solution we could see at the moment is international pressure on the governments of the countries whose citizens are involved in this crime and also are victims of it. If an international body like UNICEF pressurises the governments to immediately probe an inquiry into this matter and punish the criminals, there is some hope of this problem to be solved. On our part, we are issuing a petition in association with our partner organisations in India and abroad, requesting the authorities to take serious action in this matter at the earliest. We therefore also request the UNICEF to support this petition and this campaign in general so that it gets a global and bigger platform and more opportunities for people around the world to help resolve this issue. If one says not to give to these beggars, the problem would magnify even more. If the child does not get enough money, that would only result in punishment from the Mafia. If it continues on indefinitely, the dons would simply go out and buy or kidnap more children, pay for their mutilation and set them on the streets. Even if these children do beg enough, the criminals are only going to set ever higher bars of money collection; it is all a vicious cycle which cannot be broken simply, especially with the current bureaucratic and corrupt governments in place.
We can fight against this injustice.
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Beggar Mafia, is a highly complex and structured network of criminals, which forces the children by disfiguring them to beg on the streets. These children are tortured and abused inhumanely. Even after the exposure of facts by a news channels like CNN-IBN, not much action was taken. Therefore, the only possible solution we could see at the moment is international pressure on the governments of the countries whose citizens are involved in this crime and also are victims of it. If an international body like UNICEF pressurises the governments to immediately probe an inquiry into this matter and punish the criminals, there is some hope of this problem to be solved. On our part, we are issuing a petition in association with our partner organisations in India and abroad, requesting the authorities to take serious action in this matter at the earliest. We therefore also request the UNICEF to support this petition and this campaign in general so that it gets a global and bigger platform and more opportunities for people around the world to help resolve this issue. If one says not to give to these beggars, the problem would magnify even more. If the child does not get enough money, that would only result in punishment from the Mafia. If it continues on indefinitely, the dons would simply go out and buy or kidnap more children, pay for their mutilation and set them on the streets. Even if these children do beg enough, the criminals are only going to set ever higher bars of money collection; it is all a vicious cycle which cannot be broken simply, especially with the current bureaucratic and corrupt governments in place.
We can fight against this injustice.
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