Tag: Human Trafficking

Accepting refugees makes sense

Recently, acknowledging the scale of global displacement, the majority of UN member states adopted a global compact for migration. The pact aims to improve global governance on migration-related issues, including promoting legal migration, providing basic services, better integrating new arrivals, tackling human trafficking and coordinating how to send migrants home.

December 18, 2018

Another 70 migrants picked up by Libyan Coast Guard

"The party's over for human traffickers, #Stop the invasion!" Italy's hardline Interior Minister Salvini wrote on Facebook on Thursday.

November 9, 2018

Indian-origin couple arrested in England on modern-day slavery charges

Test Valley District Commander Chief Inspector Kory Thorne said: “Instances of modern-day slavery in the Test Valley are rare."

November 3, 2018

Delhi: DCW rescues 8 Nepali girls from hotel

The girls, who have come from earthquake-affected areas in Nepal, were lured with employment opportunities in Delhi, the Commission said.

October 11, 2018

Lindsay Lohan punched in face while trying to ‘rescue’ children of Syrian refugee parents

Lindsay Lohan has landed in a controversy after she accused Syrian refugee parents of human trafficking.

September 30, 2018

Trafficking: Two women from Bengal rescued in Delhi

According to DCW, police tried to rescue other girls from Yamuna Vihar but was unsuccessful for want of proper address.

September 12, 2018

Telangana Congress leader jailed in human trafficking case

Jaya Prakash Reddy alias Jagga Reddy was arrested on Monday after a suo motu case was filed against him at Market Police Station in Secunderabad.

September 11, 2018

Telangana to act tough against human trafficking

Telangana Home Minister N. Narasimha Reddy on Wednesday said the government would deal firmly with human trafficking.

August 1, 2018

Human trafficking: 39 Nepali girls rescued from Delhi hotel

On July 30, the Delhi and Varanasi Police had rescued 18 women, including 16 from Nepal, from the clutches of a prostitution racket in Vasant Vihar

August 1, 2018

16 women, trafficked from Nepal, rescued in Delhi

Among the 16 women rescued, 14 are married, the police said, adding that they are aged between 20 and 40 years.

July 25, 2018

Bill against human trafficking introduced in Lok Sabha

The Bill provides for confidentiality of victims, witnesses and complainants and time-bound trials and repatriation of the victims.

July 18, 2018

Singer Daler Mehndi convicted on human trafficking charges

A local court in Punjab on Friday convicted singer Daler Mehndi on the charges of human trafficking in a 2003 illegal immigration case. The singer is under Punjab Police custody. As per TV reports, Daler and his brother, Shamsher Singh, had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by …

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March 16, 2018

RPF curbing human trafficking from northeast

To check the widespread increase in human trafficking from northeast India, the railway authorities have taken steps to curb the menace with around 500 children being rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and 14 traffickers arrested in 2017, an official said on Wednesday. “In all, 498 children have been rescued by RPF and 14 …

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March 7, 2018

NIA to probe human trafficking cases

The apex anti-terror body National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be the nodal authority for probing cases of human trafficking after the government today approved a proposal in this regard, according to an official. The Union Cabinet today okayed the draft Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, which also proposes a punishment of life …

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February 28, 2018

3 Indian, 7 Nepalese girls trafficked to Kenya rescued: Sushma Swaraj

Three Indian girls along with seven Nepalese girls who were a victim of human trafficking have been rescued from Kenya, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. The 10 girls were rescued from the clutches of a crime syndicate in Mombasa which was involved in trafficking of girls. “We have rescued three Indian girls …

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January 4, 2018

CBI questions 3 accused in human trafficking case of students

The CBI on Wednesday questioned the three accused in connection with its ongoing probe for trafficking 23 teenaged students to France in 2016 for “a rugby training camp”. An agency official said that Lalit David Dean, Sanjeev Raj and Varun Chaudhary were questioned for several hours at its headquarters in south Delhi’s Lodhi Road area. …

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January 3, 2018

DCW inspects more ashrams, says ‘godman’ into human trafficking

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Monday inspected more ashrams of molestation-accused ‘godman’ Baba Virendra Dev Dixit in Delhi and said he might be running a human trafficking racket. A DCW team, including its chief Swati Maliwal, along with Ajay Verma, advocate appointed as amicus curiae by Delhi High Court in the matter, visited …

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December 25, 2017