Trafficking victims to get more relief under new rule
8 years, 10 months ago

Trafficking victims to get more relief under new rule

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: In a move which will help in the rehabilitation of trafficking victims, the central government has issued a guideline saying victims rescued from a placement agency, massage parlour or brothels will now be eligible to get compensation under the Bonded Labour Act. It was announced that as per the new Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourer Scheme, financial assistance for persons freed from bonded labour has been increased 15 times, from Rs 20,000 to Rs 3 lakh in case of children rescued from trafficking and sexual exploitation. Police often deal with cases of trafficking where victims are rescued from brothel or placement agency under sections of IPC and added section of Bonded Labour Act will help in stricter punishment and better compensation. We have also demanded for summary trial, which means within 30 days, the court proceedings should end and the victim must get the compensation within that period,” added Satyarthi, while speaking at a National Consultation on Eradication of Bonded Labour and Trafficking by Bachpan Bachao Andolan.

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Spell out stand on law for rehab of sex trafficking victims: SC asks govt
4 months, 1 week ago

Spell out stand on law for rehab of sex trafficking victims: SC asks govt

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court has asked the Union government to spell out its stand on comprehensive legislation for the rehabilitation, care, and protection of victims of sex trafficking, underlining its dehumanising effect. Senior advocate Aparna Bhat, who argued for the petitioner, said that the court in December 2015 disposed of this petition on the Union government’s assurance to bring out a …

Immoral Trafficking Cases Rising In Chandigarh, Consider Framing Guidelines For Spas, Massage Parlours: Punjab & Haryana HC To Authorities
1 year, 7 months ago

Immoral Trafficking Cases Rising In Chandigarh, Consider Framing Guidelines For Spas, Massage Parlours: Punjab & Haryana HC To Authorities

Live Law  

Observing that cases under the Immoral Trafficking Act are rising in Chandigarh, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has suggested that the authorities should contemplate formulating guidelines for the operation of spa/massage centers, similar to those framed by the Delhi Government.The bench of Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu said, “Keeping in view the fact that cases under the Act. Observing that …

Delhi tops human trafficking cases among all UTs: NCRB 2021 data
2 years, 6 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 …

Ending human trafficking, migrant workers' exploitation our top priority: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
3 years, 8 months ago

Ending human trafficking, migrant workers' exploitation our top priority: Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

India Today  

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday said that the top priority of the government is to end the menaces of human trafficking and migrant workers' exploitation in the state. READ: Human trafficking in Jharkhand: 7 minor girls rescued from Ranchi airport, sent to shelter home "Removing the blot of human trafficking from Jharkhand is our priority. Citing examples, the …

Look Into Allegations of Bonded Labourers in Border Villages, Submit Report: MHA To Punjab
3 years, 11 months ago

Look Into Allegations of Bonded Labourers in Border Villages, Submit Report: MHA To Punjab

News 18  

The Union home ministry has asked the Punjab government to look into allegations that farm workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were being trafficked to the state and forced to work as bonded labourers. The home ministry’s letter, dated March 17, says the Border Security Force has highlighted trafficking, narcotics abuse and bonded labour in the state, asking the chief …

45 exploited Madhya Pradesh workers return after paying ‘recovery amount’
5 years, 2 months ago

45 exploited Madhya Pradesh workers return after paying ‘recovery amount’

The Hindu  

When 16-year-old Ajeet Kumar, a school dropout, left home for the first time to work — that too 1,100 km away in Maharashtra — he was certain he would return with enough to at least pay his younger brother’s school fee. “They told us they bought us for ₹4.5 lakh, and so we were indebted, had to work without protest …

Opinion | Human trafficking: Forced rescues are not the answer
5 years, 3 months ago

Opinion | Human trafficking: Forced rescues are not the answer

Live Mint  

Today, 10 December, is International Human Rights day. One nationwide issue is the forced institutionalization of girls and women in shelter homes, wherein girls and women ‘rescued’ from brothels by the police, along with destitute women who have no families are institutionalized. The ITPA says that after the police has rescued a victim of sex trafficking, the victim has to …

Children for Sale: The Fight Against Child Trafficking in India
5 years, 5 months ago

Children for Sale: The Fight Against Child Trafficking in India

Al Jazeera  

We investigate child trafficking in India, where millions of children and teenagers are forced into labour. According to the International Labour Organisation, more than 150 million children and teenagers are victims of child labour around the world, and India has long been among the worst offenders. “India has ratified two most important ILO conventions, one of the worst forms of …

‘One-stop crisis teams’ formed to tackle trafficking
5 years, 7 months ago

‘One-stop crisis teams’ formed to tackle trafficking

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority and the International Justice Mission have joined hands to form “one-stop crisis teams” in all districts of the State. The team’s objectives would be to periodically inspect work sites and to approach authorities if they come across any trafficking victims, and get them released. Addressing the gathering, District Collector A. Shanmuga Sundram said …

Trafficking victims plead for government help in A.P.
5 years, 7 months ago

Trafficking victims plead for government help in A.P.

The Hindu  

Women and girls, who were rescued from trafficking, explained the trauma they were suffering and urged the government to provide livelihood and rehabilitation. At a press conference organised by an NGO — ‘Vimukthi’— in connection with the ‘World Day Against Trafficking of Persons’ on July 30, the victims said due to lack of rehabilitation and stigma, many women are forced …

New anti-trafficking bill awaits Rajya Sabha nod; activists laud focus on rehabilitation, preventive measures
6 years, 3 months ago

New anti-trafficking bill awaits Rajya Sabha nod; activists laud focus on rehabilitation, preventive measures

Firstpost  

Over 12,000 survivors of human trafficking have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the passing of the new anti-trafficking bill — Persons in Trafficking Bill Bill — by the Rajya Sabha in the Winter Session of the Parliament To support the enactment of a strong anti-trafficking law, over 12,000 survivors of human trafficking have written to Prime Minister Narendra …

India's anti-trafficking bill could be made stronger by looking to local systems that help prevent forced prostitution
6 years, 3 months ago

India's anti-trafficking bill could be made stronger by looking to local systems that help prevent forced prostitution

Firstpost  

Sex workers can be government partners in the fight against human trafficking — but only if they are not its targets. By Simanti Dasgupta Hoping to protect women from sexual exploitation, Indian lawmakers are pushing a bill that amend the criminal code to harden legal and financial penalties for sex trafficking. Without more of a “human-rights based and victim-centred approach,” …

Skill India to transform lives of juveniles in UP
6 years, 10 months ago

Skill India to transform lives of juveniles in UP

Hindustan Times  

The National Skill Development Corporation, the UP home department and the state department of women and child development signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding on Saturday to collaborate for creating and implementing various skill development programme for up to 11,000 children in conflict with law, street children and children in need of care and protection in Uttar Pradesh. The MoU …

Modern slavery: UK sees rise in Indian citizens as potential victims
7 years ago

Modern slavery: UK sees rise in Indian citizens as potential victims

Hindustan Times  

The number of Indian citizens referred as potential victims of trafficking and modern slavery in the United Kingdom has increased from 100 in 2016 to 140 in 2017, ranking India among the top 10 countries in the list, new figures showed on Monday. The situation of such victims is dealt with by two agencies under a national referral mechanism: the …

Anti-human trafficking bill: Centre's move to assign understaffed NIA as nodal agency is counter-productive
7 years ago

Anti-human trafficking bill: Centre's move to assign understaffed NIA as nodal agency is counter-productive

Firstpost  

Can an understaffed organisation like NIA, which is already tackling the gigantic problem of terrorism, be in a position to take on human trafficking cases? “Linking the two together, which seems to be an attempt by the present government, will do injustice to both these complex and multi-layered issues,” said Ganguly Rishi Kant, who runs the NGO Shakti Vahini, believes …

Anti-trafficking Bill gets Cabinet nod; government's focus should now shift from punitive action to rehabilitation
7 years ago

Anti-trafficking Bill gets Cabinet nod; government's focus should now shift from punitive action to rehabilitation

Firstpost  

The Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959 defines a beggar as someone with ‘no visible means of subsistence and wandering, about or remaining in any public place in such condition or manner, as makes is likely that the person doing so exist soliciting or receiving alms’. The Bombay Prevention of Begging Act, 1959, which was extended to the Union Territory …

Cabinet may soon approve India's first anti-trafficking bill; new law would view trafficked person as victim, not criminal
7 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet may soon approve India's first anti-trafficking bill; new law would view trafficked person as victim, not criminal

Firstpost  

India will take a crucial step towards enacting its first anti-human-trafficking law as government sources told Hindustan Times that the Union Cabinet could soon consider and approve the Trafficking of Persons Bill. IANS had earlier reported that the annual US Congress-mandated report on human trafficking placed India in the tier-2 category, which includes countries that have failed to effectively combat …

Indian police offer help to victims of sex trafficking
7 years, 11 months ago

Indian police offer help to victims of sex trafficking

Daily Mail  

Sex trafficking victims in West Bengal are being given a helping hand by police who are have launched a fundraising drive for the women they have rescued. The project has been launched by police in the South 24 Parganas district 'The girls are hardly literate, have no access to bank loans, and government schemes are not enough to sustain them …

‘Prevention of human trafficking is a collective responsibility of all’
7 years, 11 months ago

‘Prevention of human trafficking is a collective responsibility of all’

The Hindu  

Only a change in attitude of parents, an awareness among people, especially women, of laws against child and bonded labour and human trafficking would remove these scourges from the society, said S. Mani, Principal, Police Training College. Addressing a seminar on ‘Trafficking of persons Bill-2016’ here on Wednesday, he said prevention of human trafficking was the collective responsibility of all …

Want placement agency bill to curb trafficking: NGOs
8 years, 6 months ago

Want placement agency bill to curb trafficking: NGOs

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: In the wake of the rape of a 16-year-old domestic help at a government accommodation on Tughlaq Road on Monday, child rights NGOs have demanded a placement agency bill in Delhi to regulate trafficking. HT Image Investigation showed the girl was trafficked two months ago from a Jharkhand village and sold by an illegal placement agency based out …

14,226 victims rescued from trafficking under sexual exploitation for prostitution during last 2 years
8 years, 10 months ago

14,226 victims rescued from trafficking under sexual exploitation for prostitution during last 2 years

Live Law  

As per the information provided by the National Crime Records Bureau, the victims rescued from trafficking under sexual exploitation for prostitution is 4743 & 9483 for the year 2014 & 2015 respectively. The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a comprehensive scheme- “Ujjawala” for prevention of trafficking for rescue, rehabilitation and re-integration. The Ministry of Women and Child …

Jharkhand most vulnerable for trafficking of girls: Report | IndiaTV News
10 years ago

Jharkhand most vulnerable for trafficking of girls: Report | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Jharkhand is counted as one of the states most vulnerable for trafficking of women and children according to a report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. One ploy used by traffickers is to take girls from Jharkhand to far-off places like Assam, where they are less likely to attract the attention of police, before sending them …

Delhi is 'hub' of human trafficking in India
11 years, 5 months ago

Delhi is 'hub' of human trafficking in India

Firstpost  

Close on the heels of reports that India accounts for half of the world’s 30 million slaves, comes further reports that Delhi has become a “hub” for the Indian human trafficking trade Close on the heels of reports that India accounts for half of the world’s 30 million slaves, comes further reports which state that Delhi has become a “hub” …

39 children rescued from traffickers
12 years, 8 months ago

39 children rescued from traffickers

The Hindu  

Thirty-nine children were rescued and 20 alleged traffickers were arrested in a raid carried out by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of Delhi Police Crime Branch in coordination with a non-government organisation at Anand Vihar Railway Station in Delhi on Thursday. According to a volunteer of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan, the children, aged between eight and 14, are from different parts …

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