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'Foreign Wives' For Sale? Chinese Embassy Warns Against Marriage Scams In Bangladesh
The embassy urged individuals to steer clear of illegal marriages, warning that those involved risk being arrested for human trafficking, a charge that can trigger lengthy judicial proceedings.
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Cannes 2025: Heeramandi Fame Taha Shah Badussha Returns To The Film Festival With His Film PARO
Taha Shah Badussha shot to fame with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi last year
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UK To Review If 'ISIS Bride', Who Lost Citizenship, Was "Victim Of Trafficking"
A woman who lost her British citizenship after joining the ISIS group in Syria will on Monday have her case reviewed, with her lawyers arguing that she was a "victim of trafficking".
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China Denies Visas To 90 Pak Brides Amid Trafficking Fears: Report
Amidst a raging controversy over Pakistani girls being trafficked to China after fake marriages, the Chinese embassy here has withheld visas of 90 Pakistani brides, according to a media report.
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2 Chinese Nationals Arrested At Pakistan Airport On Suspicion Of Trafficking
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested two Chinese nationals at the Islamabad airport today as part of its ongoing investigation into alleged fake marriages and human trafficking operations by Chinese gangs.
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Pakistani Girls Sold In China's 'Bride Market'
Pakistani authorities have arrested 12 suspected members of prostitution ring taking young Pakistani women to China, part of a growing human trafficking problem often based on fake marriages, officials said on Monday.
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Criminalising Sex With Underage Brides May Curb Traffickers: Experts
New Delhi: A ruling by the Supreme Court that criminalises sex with underage brides could prevent thousands of girls being trafficked and sold on the pretext of marriage, campaigners said on Thursday. Speaking a day after the landmark ruling, they said that raising awareness about the court victory for children and enforcing the verdict were now th...
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8 Sheikhs Arrested In Crackdown On Hyderabad's 'Bride Bazaar' Racket
Eight Arab sheikhs - five from Oman and three from Qatar - one of them as old as 80, have been arrested by the Hyderabad police in one of the biggest crackdowns on the city's underground network of supplying 'wives' to suitors who can pay. Three Qazis, including a chief Qazi from Mumbai, were also arrested who arranged fake documents to send even u...
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15-Year-Old Girl Calls Up Police To Save Herself From Early Marriage In Karnataka
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Police in Karnataka have rescued a schoolgirl who called them for help after learning she was to be married to a much older man, campaigners said on Tuesday, in a case highlighting the risk of child trafficking in the region. In a rare occurrence, the 15-year-old called the police a day after pre-wedding ceremonies beg...
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Would-Be Child Bride In Karnataka Calls Police To Stop Wedding As Trafficking Fears Grow
Police in Karnataka have rescued a schoolgirl who called them for help after learning she was to be married to a much older man, campaigners said on Tuesday, in a case highlighting the risk of child trafficking in the region.
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1,000 Children Missing, Jharkhand Emerges Trafficking Hub
Jharkhand has emerged as India's trafficking hub with thousands of tribal boys and girls, particularly minor girls being trafficked out of the state each year to Delhi and beyond. Most of the missing children are from tribal communities, particularly minor girls who are trafficked to Delhi and beyond.
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China to Crack Down on Trafficking in 'Foreign Brides'
Chinese police will clamp down on websites that sell men group tours to meet "foreign brides" in Southeast Asian countries, as the practice leads to human trafficking and prostitution, the state-run China Daily reported on Monday.
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Brides for Sale: Vietnamese Women Trafficked to China
When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party in a tourist town in northern Vietnam. Instead, he sold her to a Chinese family as a bride.
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24-yr-old caught selling new bride to brothel keeper
An unsuspecting woman on the verge of being thrust head-long into a life of prostitution found unexpected and unlikely saviours in the form of Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) in Mumbai's oldest red-light area, Kamathipura. Their presence of mind and compassion resulted in the arrest of a human trafficker, who was trying to sell off his new bride to a ...
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'Foreign Wives' For Sale? Chinese Embassy Warns Against Marriage Scams In Bangladesh
The embassy urged individuals to steer clear of illegal marriages, warning that those involved risk being arrested for human trafficking, a charge that can trigger lengthy judicial proceedings.
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Cannes 2025: Heeramandi Fame Taha Shah Badussha Returns To The Film Festival With His Film PARO
Taha Shah Badussha shot to fame with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Heeramandi last year
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UK To Review If 'ISIS Bride', Who Lost Citizenship, Was "Victim Of Trafficking"
A woman who lost her British citizenship after joining the ISIS group in Syria will on Monday have her case reviewed, with her lawyers arguing that she was a "victim of trafficking".
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China Denies Visas To 90 Pak Brides Amid Trafficking Fears: Report
Amidst a raging controversy over Pakistani girls being trafficked to China after fake marriages, the Chinese embassy here has withheld visas of 90 Pakistani brides, according to a media report.
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2 Chinese Nationals Arrested At Pakistan Airport On Suspicion Of Trafficking
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested two Chinese nationals at the Islamabad airport today as part of its ongoing investigation into alleged fake marriages and human trafficking operations by Chinese gangs.
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Pakistani Girls Sold In China's 'Bride Market'
Pakistani authorities have arrested 12 suspected members of prostitution ring taking young Pakistani women to China, part of a growing human trafficking problem often based on fake marriages, officials said on Monday.
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Criminalising Sex With Underage Brides May Curb Traffickers: Experts
New Delhi: A ruling by the Supreme Court that criminalises sex with underage brides could prevent thousands of girls being trafficked and sold on the pretext of marriage, campaigners said on Thursday. Speaking a day after the landmark ruling, they said that raising awareness about the court victory for children and enforcing the verdict were now th...
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8 Sheikhs Arrested In Crackdown On Hyderabad's 'Bride Bazaar' Racket
Eight Arab sheikhs - five from Oman and three from Qatar - one of them as old as 80, have been arrested by the Hyderabad police in one of the biggest crackdowns on the city's underground network of supplying 'wives' to suitors who can pay. Three Qazis, including a chief Qazi from Mumbai, were also arrested who arranged fake documents to send even u...
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15-Year-Old Girl Calls Up Police To Save Herself From Early Marriage In Karnataka
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Police in Karnataka have rescued a schoolgirl who called them for help after learning she was to be married to a much older man, campaigners said on Tuesday, in a case highlighting the risk of child trafficking in the region. In a rare occurrence, the 15-year-old called the police a day after pre-wedding ceremonies beg...
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Would-Be Child Bride In Karnataka Calls Police To Stop Wedding As Trafficking Fears Grow
Police in Karnataka have rescued a schoolgirl who called them for help after learning she was to be married to a much older man, campaigners said on Tuesday, in a case highlighting the risk of child trafficking in the region.
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1,000 Children Missing, Jharkhand Emerges Trafficking Hub
Jharkhand has emerged as India's trafficking hub with thousands of tribal boys and girls, particularly minor girls being trafficked out of the state each year to Delhi and beyond. Most of the missing children are from tribal communities, particularly minor girls who are trafficked to Delhi and beyond.
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China to Crack Down on Trafficking in 'Foreign Brides'
Chinese police will clamp down on websites that sell men group tours to meet "foreign brides" in Southeast Asian countries, as the practice leads to human trafficking and prostitution, the state-run China Daily reported on Monday.
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Brides for Sale: Vietnamese Women Trafficked to China
When Kiab turned 16, her brother promised to take her to a party in a tourist town in northern Vietnam. Instead, he sold her to a Chinese family as a bride.
-
24-yr-old caught selling new bride to brothel keeper
An unsuspecting woman on the verge of being thrust head-long into a life of prostitution found unexpected and unlikely saviours in the form of Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) in Mumbai's oldest red-light area, Kamathipura. Their presence of mind and compassion resulted in the arrest of a human trafficker, who was trying to sell off his new bride to a ...
