media outcry resulted in the governments of India and Nepal signing a treaty for the rescue and repatriation of Nepali girls from Indian brothels. In India the sentence for trafficking with minors has been hiked from 7 years to 13. Child prostitution has been reduced by about 40% but remains a major problem and no accurate figures are available. According to Reuters (Masako Iijima, "S. Asia Urged to Unite Against Child Prostitution," Reuters, June 19, 1998), over 40% of 484 prostituted girls rescued during major raids of brothels in Bombay in 1996 were from Nepal. In 2000, she was back in the news for a short time as the verdict was delivered in the case against her persecutors. In the first report recorded on December 6, 1982, Tulasa had named 32 people responsible for abducting her and selling her to different brothels. These included taximen, the abductors and the brothel-owners. She also named three other Nepali men, Kancha Sarkhi, Lal Bahadur Kani and Uttam Kumar Pariyar, whom the Nepal government had arrested and finally sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Out of the 32 people arrested by Bombay police, seven were charged but released due to a lack of evidence. Only one of the nine suspects faced trial, the rest having hidden themselves away. The single accused was released by the judge on grounds of inadequate evidence. See also List of solved missing person cases References External links and references Saving Tulasa, Child Sex Worker from India Victims of the Dar from The Hindu Online, September 29, 1996 The shade of Tulasa seeks justice by Kanchana Suggu Robert I. Freidman, "India’s Shame: Sexual Slavery and Political Corruption Are Leading to An AIDS Catastrophe," The Nation, 8 April 1996. 1970 births 1980s missing person cases 1995 deaths 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Formerly missing people Gang rape in India Indian female prostitutes Missing person cases in Nepal Nepalese female prostitutes Nepalese victims of crime Kidnapped Nepalese people People from Kathmandu District Sex crimes in India Tuberculosis deaths in India Victims of underage prostitution Violence against women in India