AP at 7th place in latest NCRB report on human trafficking
1 year ago

AP at 7th place in latest NCRB report on human trafficking

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: A total of 2,250 cases of human trafficking were registered in Andhra Pradesh in 2022, compared to 2,189 cases in 2021, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. The NCRB data stated that AP stood in third place in the country in 2022 in matters of victims trafficked only for sexual exploitation purposes. The NCRB data showed Maharashtra in first place in India with trafficking of 784 persons for sexual exploitation, Telangana in second place with 646 persons and AP in third place with 260 persons. A total of 294 persons were rescued from Human Trafficking in AP in 2022, in which the purpose of human trafficking of 260 persons was sexual exploitation while five persons were taken for domestic purposes, 21 for forced marriage and eight for other reasons.

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Odisha woman trafficked and abused in Maharashtra
1 month ago

Odisha woman trafficked and abused in Maharashtra

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: A married woman from Nabarangpur’s Jharigaon area was allegedly trafficked to Maharashtra, where she endured 14 days of captivity and sexual abuse. The victim, subjected to severe physical and emotional trauma, claimed she was forced into sexual acts with multiple men. According to sources, the accused, identified as Basudev Kalar, a resident of the same locality as the victim, …

Over 10,000 cases of trafficking but only 1,031 convictions between 2018-2022
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 10,000 cases of trafficking but only 1,031 convictions between 2018-2022

The Hindu  

India recorded as many as 10,659 cases of human trafficking between 2018 and 2022. In these five years, 26,840 persons —an average of 5,000 persons per year — were arrested for being involved in human trafficking; the highest was in 2022 — 5648 persons. The number of persons convicted for the crime, however, remains low — 1,031 convictions in five …

What is India's status in US' report on human trafficking: Making improvement
11 months, 4 weeks ago

What is India's status in US' report on human trafficking: Making improvement

Hindustan Times  

The recent grounding of a Nicaragua-bound Legend Airlines plane, which was carrying hundreds of Indians, in France based on an anonymous tip-off that the flight could be carrying human trafficking victims sparked the debate regarding maintaining the minimum standards to tackle the serious crime that the United Nations calls “a grave violation to human rights”. The US has designated Nicaragua …

Trafficking calls for urgent State action
1 year, 1 month ago

Trafficking calls for urgent State action

Hindustan Times  

A recent shocking expose by a news channel about a child trafficking network in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan revealed how girls were sold for as little as a few lakhs, often by family members. The major forms of trafficking in women are commercial sexual exploitation, forced labour, forced marriage, drug peddling, organ removal, child pornography and forced adoption. A holistic …

Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | What has India done to address child trafficking?

The Hindu  

The story so far: “There are 160 million children waiting for your action. Several reports since the 2020 lockdown have noted that the pandemic created a second crisis of child trafficking, with children being pushed into a vortex of “despair, disease and death.” Estimates show that children account for one in every three detected victims of trafficking worldwide; this rises …

Human trafficking cases: Goa tops list per lakh population, reveals NCRB data
2 years, 3 months ago

Human trafficking cases: Goa tops list per lakh population, reveals NCRB data

Hindustan Times  

Goa has the highest rate of human trafficking cases per lakh population, the National Crime Records Bureau report for 2021 revealed. Goa records one case of human trafficking per lakh population as against the national average of 0.2 cases. According to the data compiled by the NCRB, Goa records one case of human trafficking per lakh population as against the …

Delhi tops human trafficking cases among all UTs: NCRB 2021 data
2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi tops human trafficking cases among all UTs: NCRB 2021 data

India TV News  

Delhi human trafficking: Delhi has recorded a jump of 73.5 per cent jump in human trafficking cases over 2020. "Naturally the city witnessed an increase in human trafficking cases in 2021 when the movement of people resumed gradually." Also, 437 victims of human trafficking in Delhi were below the age group of 18, including 100 girls. The NCRB data also …

Human trafficking cases decline marginally in AP in 2021
2 years, 3 months ago

Human trafficking cases decline marginally in AP in 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The number of human trafficking cases in Andhra Pradesh has come down to 168 in 2021 against 171 in 2020. The state registered 397 incidents of abetment to suicide of women booked under sections 305/306 of IPC and 108 cases of dowry deaths and two incidents of murder with rape or gang rape. The IPC crimes registered against women …

Don’t delay the passage of the anti-trafficking bill 2021
2 years, 9 months ago

Don’t delay the passage of the anti-trafficking bill 2021

Hindustan Times  

India desperately needs an exclusive legislation on human trafficking, but the Trafficking in Persons Bill 2021, an exhaustively drafted document, is awaiting parliamentary approval. The UNODC 2020 Global Report estimates that in 2018, for every 10 victims of trafficking detected globally, about five were adult women and two were girls. UNODC observes that “invisibility’ of some sectors helps to hide …

Human trafficking racket busted in Assam's Baksa, 31 people including seven minor girls rescued
3 years, 6 months ago

Human trafficking racket busted in Assam's Baksa, 31 people including seven minor girls rescued

India Today  

Assam police busted a human trafficking racket and rescued 31 people, including seven minor girls, from a Gujarat-bound bus in Assam's Baksa district, near the Indo-Bhutan border. Based on intelligence input, police and Sashatra Seema Bal stopped a Gujarat-bound bus on Tuesday night in the Kumarikata area of Tamulpur police station in Baksa district. “During the investigation, it was discovered …

Covid-19 made poor more vulnerable to child trafficking, say NGOs
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 made poor more vulnerable to child trafficking, say NGOs

India Today  

On June 4, Pooja was rescued from her employer’s house in Patna. Bihar is not an exception in child trafficking during Covid-19 pandemic, which led to nationwide lockdown last year and periodic restrictions in different states with each surge in coronavirus cases. Satya Prakash, program manager of FXB Suraksha India — NGO providing development assistance to marginalised children and women …

Covid-19 Pandemic Has Created a Second Crisis in India — the Rise of Child Trafficking
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 Pandemic Has Created a Second Crisis in India — the Rise of Child Trafficking

News 18  

One evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in Rajasthan. “Children have never faced such crisis,” said 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, whose organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan works to protect vulnerable …

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