The reasons for trafficking are multifaceted and multidimensional.
The causes are:
* Poverty
* Kidnapping
* Fake Marriages
* Prostitution
* Displacement
* Cheap & Bonded Labour
* Formal & Informal Industries

Apart from these reasons, there is rationale for this lack of seriousness in the law enforcement machinery and administration - risks, inadequate awareness, deficient infrastructure, lack of coordination, lack of support lines and drop in centres for the rehabilitated, etc.

A study by the Central Social Welfare Board in six metropolises revealed the following estimated figures:
* 30% of the prostitutes are below 18 years of age
* 70% of them are illiterate
* 43% of them want to be rescued
* The persons who are in this profession have to stay because of absence of alternative sources of income, social non-acceptability, family customs, poverty, etc.