Human Trafficking

Tackling the problem of human trafficking has always been a matter of concern for the world at large. Developing countries are more vulnerable and at a high risk of this insidious offense. Indian scenario is no different, as evident by the…
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Anti-human trafficking lawyers, researchers, psychologists, social workers, activists and survivor leaders from Tafteesh, an anti-trafficking forum in India, have welcomed the draft Anti-Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Care and…
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Over 90 per cent of sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal have been hit by a financial crisis, a recent survey conducted by Vimukti, a community-based organization of sex workers and survivors of trafficking, and …
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The state of Andhra Pradesh continues to be a hub of human trafficking; a destination for trafficked men and women to be used for labour purposes. Crime statistics state that a large majority (95%) of trafficking victims in the state…
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A few adolescent children in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, went to the elderly destitute woman whom they knew was hungry to give her their savings. Is India's fight against hunger to be reliant on the small savings of boys like this, whose…
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What is the cost of human life? On 27 May 2015, 30 migrants were shot to death by a trafficker in what is termed as 'revenge attack' in Libya. The tragedy occurred in a smuggling warehouse in Mizda, where a group of migrants were being…
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Human trafficking is an organised crime and considered as the second largest crime industry in the world after illegal drug trade. Globally, 1.2 million children are trafficked every year.  India is a source, transit and destination country…
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Trafficking in persons (TIP) is one of the most shameful facets of the modern world. As a criminal act, it is an egregious human rights violation. TIP is a US$ 9 billion industry, and is estimated to be the fastest growing criminal…
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Following its lapse in 2018, The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018, (Anti-Trafficking Bill) is set to be deliberated upon by the Parliament yet again. In the meanwhile, what has surfaced is the…
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West Bengal accounts for the highest number of child trafficking cases in the country with the numbers ever increasing. Child trafficking is among the most heinous of crimes. A report of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime…
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