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"If You Want Son, You Cannot...": Supreme Court Tough On Child Trafficking
If a newborn goes missing from the hospital, the first step should be to cancel the hospital's licence, the Supreme Court said today as it expressed anguish over cases of child trafficking and issued guidelines to tackle this menace.
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UP, Bihar, Andhra Top States In Child Trafficking; Delhi Records Alarming Rise: Study
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh are the top three states with the maximum number of children trafficked between 2016 and 2022, while Delhi has seen an alarming 68 per cent rise from pre- to post-Covid times, according to a new study by an NGO
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Hyderabad Woman Stranded In Oman, Relatives Turn To Sushma Swaraj
The woman's husband alleged that his wife Parveen, who left for Oman on February 21 to start her job, is being made to work in many houses as a maid and is also being beaten up by her employer.
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Anti-Trafficking NGOs To Map Victims' Journey From Village To Brothel
A new initiative targeting the kingpins of sex trafficking will be launched, that will map victims' journey from village to brothel, building a concerted case against traffickers who run the lucrative industry, campaigners said on Wednesday.
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Bengal Most Unsafe For Women Shows Latest Crime Records Bureau Data
More than 8,000 cases of human trafficking were reported in India in 2016, while 23,000 victims, including 182 foreigners, were rescued during the year, according to National Crime Records Bureau data.
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Woman Who Traced Her Birth Mother To India Finds Heartbreaking Truth
Mumbai: As an Indian child adopted and raised in Sweden, Nilakshi Elizabeth Purve Jorendal, was always curious about her birth mother. Her adoptive parents were open about her background, which was “hard to miss when you are a brown girl growing up in a white country” with three white siblings, said Ms Jorendal, now 44. So in the late 1990s she...
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Sold To Brothel At 6, She’s Now Studying Law To Put Traffickers In Jail
Mumbai: Ishika never thought that being sold by her parents to a brothel in Kolkata at the age of six would inspire her to pursue a career in one of the most prestigious professions – law. But after being rescued from sexual slavery, Ishika, now 24, has spent more than a decade trying to get justice against her traffickers. Despite the drawn-out...
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How Fake Documents Trap Children In The Web Of Human Trafficking
Mumbai/Chennai: Corrupt doctors and village leaders are helping traffickers to obtain fake documents to pass child victims off as adults and evade justice for crimes affecting thousands of minors, a rights group said. More than 9,000 children were victims of trafficking in India in 2016, up 27 per cent on the previous year, according to the lates...
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Three States Where Women And Child Trafficking Is Highest In India
New Delhi: Almost 20,000 women and children were victims of human trafficking in India in 2016, a rise of nearly 25 per cent from the previous year, government data showed. The Ministry of Women and Child Development told the parliament that 19,223 women and children were trafficked last year against 15,448 in 2015, with the highest number of vic...
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33 Children, Sold To Brick Factories, Rescued From Traffickers In Chhattisgarh
33 children are among the 70 people who have been rescued from being trafficked in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.
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Millions Believed To Be Victims Of Sex Trafficking In India: US Reports
Millions of women and children are believed to be the victims of sex trafficking in India, an official US report said on Thursday while noting that India is a source, destination and transit country for people subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking.
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US Expresses Concerns Over Human Trafficking in India
The US has expressed concern over the human trafficking in India, saying the country "does not fully comply with minimum standards" with the elimination of trafficking, but is making significant efforts to do so.
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Clinton impressed by the confidence of Bihar's karate girl
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for the second time in less than a month, shared her story of a karate exponent from Bihar, whom she met during her trip to Kolkata in May. Ms Clinton told the audience in Washington about how confident and inspiring the girl was.
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Develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law: US tells India
United States has recommended India to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law and increase prosecutions and convictions on all forms of trafficking, even as it noted that New Delhi is making significant efforts to comply with the minimum standards for its elimination.
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India fourth most dangerous place for women: survey
The high number of female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking prevalent in India has placed it as the fourth most dangerous place for women in the world, according to a survey.Afghanistan is the most dangerous place for women followed by Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia in the survey conducted by Thomson Reuters' T...
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"If You Want Son, You Cannot...": Supreme Court Tough On Child Trafficking
If a newborn goes missing from the hospital, the first step should be to cancel the hospital's licence, the Supreme Court said today as it expressed anguish over cases of child trafficking and issued guidelines to tackle this menace.
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UP, Bihar, Andhra Top States In Child Trafficking; Delhi Records Alarming Rise: Study
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh are the top three states with the maximum number of children trafficked between 2016 and 2022, while Delhi has seen an alarming 68 per cent rise from pre- to post-Covid times, according to a new study by an NGO
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Hyderabad Woman Stranded In Oman, Relatives Turn To Sushma Swaraj
The woman's husband alleged that his wife Parveen, who left for Oman on February 21 to start her job, is being made to work in many houses as a maid and is also being beaten up by her employer.
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Anti-Trafficking NGOs To Map Victims' Journey From Village To Brothel
A new initiative targeting the kingpins of sex trafficking will be launched, that will map victims' journey from village to brothel, building a concerted case against traffickers who run the lucrative industry, campaigners said on Wednesday.
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Bengal Most Unsafe For Women Shows Latest Crime Records Bureau Data
More than 8,000 cases of human trafficking were reported in India in 2016, while 23,000 victims, including 182 foreigners, were rescued during the year, according to National Crime Records Bureau data.
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Woman Who Traced Her Birth Mother To India Finds Heartbreaking Truth
Mumbai: As an Indian child adopted and raised in Sweden, Nilakshi Elizabeth Purve Jorendal, was always curious about her birth mother. Her adoptive parents were open about her background, which was “hard to miss when you are a brown girl growing up in a white country” with three white siblings, said Ms Jorendal, now 44. So in the late 1990s she...
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Sold To Brothel At 6, She’s Now Studying Law To Put Traffickers In Jail
Mumbai: Ishika never thought that being sold by her parents to a brothel in Kolkata at the age of six would inspire her to pursue a career in one of the most prestigious professions – law. But after being rescued from sexual slavery, Ishika, now 24, has spent more than a decade trying to get justice against her traffickers. Despite the drawn-out...
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How Fake Documents Trap Children In The Web Of Human Trafficking
Mumbai/Chennai: Corrupt doctors and village leaders are helping traffickers to obtain fake documents to pass child victims off as adults and evade justice for crimes affecting thousands of minors, a rights group said. More than 9,000 children were victims of trafficking in India in 2016, up 27 per cent on the previous year, according to the lates...
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Three States Where Women And Child Trafficking Is Highest In India
New Delhi: Almost 20,000 women and children were victims of human trafficking in India in 2016, a rise of nearly 25 per cent from the previous year, government data showed. The Ministry of Women and Child Development told the parliament that 19,223 women and children were trafficked last year against 15,448 in 2015, with the highest number of vic...
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33 Children, Sold To Brick Factories, Rescued From Traffickers In Chhattisgarh
33 children are among the 70 people who have been rescued from being trafficked in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district.
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Millions Believed To Be Victims Of Sex Trafficking In India: US Reports
Millions of women and children are believed to be the victims of sex trafficking in India, an official US report said on Thursday while noting that India is a source, destination and transit country for people subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking.
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US Expresses Concerns Over Human Trafficking in India
The US has expressed concern over the human trafficking in India, saying the country "does not fully comply with minimum standards" with the elimination of trafficking, but is making significant efforts to do so.
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Clinton impressed by the confidence of Bihar's karate girl
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for the second time in less than a month, shared her story of a karate exponent from Bihar, whom she met during her trip to Kolkata in May. Ms Clinton told the audience in Washington about how confident and inspiring the girl was.
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Develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law: US tells India
United States has recommended India to develop a comprehensive anti-trafficking law and increase prosecutions and convictions on all forms of trafficking, even as it noted that New Delhi is making significant efforts to comply with the minimum standards for its elimination.
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India fourth most dangerous place for women: survey
The high number of female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking prevalent in India has placed it as the fourth most dangerous place for women in the world, according to a survey.Afghanistan is the most dangerous place for women followed by Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia in the survey conducted by Thomson Reuters' T...
