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China Rescues Over 1,100 Foreign Women "Sold as Wives"
Chinese police have rescued over 1,100 women from Southeast Asia who were "sold" as wives last year, authorities said Friday.
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28 Women, Allegedly Being Trafficked From Nepal, Rescued In Ghaziabad
Twenty-eight women from Nepal, who were allegedly being trafficked on the pretext of jobs in gulf countries, were rescued today from two flats in Indirapuram in Ghaziabad, the police said. Based on a tip-off, raids were conducted and the Nepali women, within the age group of 20-30 years, were rescued from two flats in Sarjan Vihar society of Nyay K...
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Police Say "Rescued" Girls Stayed At Paharganj Hotel Willingly
At least 39 Nepalese women were "rescued" from a hotel in Paharganj, the Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) claimed today.
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Massage Parlours Drive Demand For Thai Sex Slaves In Bengaluru, Mumbai
The booming spa and massage parlour business in India has led to increasing demand for women from Thailand, many of whom are being duped and trafficked into slavery in the country’s sex industry, police, diplomats and activists said today. At least 40 Thai women have been rescued this year during police raids on massage parlours acting as fronts ...
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Traffickers Find New Ways To Smuggle Girls From Remote Northeast
Mumbai: Young girls from remote northeast are lured with promises of good jobs and trafficked to Southeast Asia and the Middle East on Nepalese passports, campaigners say, amid fears traffickers are finding new ways to escape checks. “Over a 100 girls from the northeast and northern part of Bengal were trafficked in the last two years, nearly 50 ...
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1 Month, 5,800 Kms: All About India’s Anti-Human Trafficking Caravan
New Delhi: You know when the “anti-human trafficking caravan” is in town. The loudspeakers blare as the large white bus moves slowly through towns and villages and an animated voice calls on residents – young and old – to come and join the fun. And the fun really is fun – ranging from music, dance performances and street plays to puppet s...
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Delhi Police Rescues 6 Women In Trafficking Raids: Women's Commission
Delhi Police conducted raids and rescued six women from a gang involved in human trafficking, a Delhi Commission for Women official said.
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Sold, Raped, Injected With Hormones. Now Free, She Wants Her Sons Back
She was 12 when she went to a crowded market, not far from her home in the old quarters of Delhi, to buy some staples and suddenly blacked out after being forced to sniff something. She woke up in hell.
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29 Philippine Women Rescued From Trafficking In Malaysia
Malaysian police have rescued 29 Filipinas who had been trafficked into work in bars, the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur said today.
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Mumbai Dance Bars To Reopen Amid Worries Trafficking Of Women May Rise
After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra with activists warning women and girls could be trafficked and abused in these venues but bar owners arguing this is legimitate, needed work.
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Trafficked Nepali, Bangladeshi Women Trapped In Syria
Nepali villager Sunita Magar thought she was heading to a safe factory job in Kuwait, but only when she landed in Damascus did she realise "something had gone very wrong".
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Delhi Commission for Women Chief Meets Delhi Chief Secretary on Trafficking of Women
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal today met Delhi Chief Secretary KK Sharma and urged him to reconstitute the state-level coordination committee to combat trafficking of women.
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Minor Girl Trafficked From Bengal, Married Off to Haryana Man, Escapes
By the tender age of 17 years, this girl from Bengal's Raniganj area has had a lifetime's worth of bad experiences - sold off four times, forced marriage, abuse by husband, and captivity. Three days ago, she finally managed to escape.
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China Rescues Over 1,100 Foreign Women "Sold as Wives"
Chinese police have rescued over 1,100 women from Southeast Asia who were "sold" as wives last year, authorities said Friday.
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28 Women, Allegedly Being Trafficked From Nepal, Rescued In Ghaziabad
Twenty-eight women from Nepal, who were allegedly being trafficked on the pretext of jobs in gulf countries, were rescued today from two flats in Indirapuram in Ghaziabad, the police said. Based on a tip-off, raids were conducted and the Nepali women, within the age group of 20-30 years, were rescued from two flats in Sarjan Vihar society of Nyay K...
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Police Say "Rescued" Girls Stayed At Paharganj Hotel Willingly
At least 39 Nepalese women were "rescued" from a hotel in Paharganj, the Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) claimed today.
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Massage Parlours Drive Demand For Thai Sex Slaves In Bengaluru, Mumbai
The booming spa and massage parlour business in India has led to increasing demand for women from Thailand, many of whom are being duped and trafficked into slavery in the country’s sex industry, police, diplomats and activists said today. At least 40 Thai women have been rescued this year during police raids on massage parlours acting as fronts ...
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Traffickers Find New Ways To Smuggle Girls From Remote Northeast
Mumbai: Young girls from remote northeast are lured with promises of good jobs and trafficked to Southeast Asia and the Middle East on Nepalese passports, campaigners say, amid fears traffickers are finding new ways to escape checks. “Over a 100 girls from the northeast and northern part of Bengal were trafficked in the last two years, nearly 50 ...
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1 Month, 5,800 Kms: All About India’s Anti-Human Trafficking Caravan
New Delhi: You know when the “anti-human trafficking caravan” is in town. The loudspeakers blare as the large white bus moves slowly through towns and villages and an animated voice calls on residents – young and old – to come and join the fun. And the fun really is fun – ranging from music, dance performances and street plays to puppet s...
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Delhi Police Rescues 6 Women In Trafficking Raids: Women's Commission
Delhi Police conducted raids and rescued six women from a gang involved in human trafficking, a Delhi Commission for Women official said.
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Sold, Raped, Injected With Hormones. Now Free, She Wants Her Sons Back
She was 12 when she went to a crowded market, not far from her home in the old quarters of Delhi, to buy some staples and suddenly blacked out after being forced to sniff something. She woke up in hell.
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29 Philippine Women Rescued From Trafficking In Malaysia
Malaysian police have rescued 29 Filipinas who had been trafficked into work in bars, the Philippine embassy in Kuala Lumpur said today.
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Mumbai Dance Bars To Reopen Amid Worries Trafficking Of Women May Rise
After a 10-year hiatus, dance bars are set to reopen in Mumbai and Maharashtra with activists warning women and girls could be trafficked and abused in these venues but bar owners arguing this is legimitate, needed work.
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Trafficked Nepali, Bangladeshi Women Trapped In Syria
Nepali villager Sunita Magar thought she was heading to a safe factory job in Kuwait, but only when she landed in Damascus did she realise "something had gone very wrong".
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Delhi Commission for Women Chief Meets Delhi Chief Secretary on Trafficking of Women
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal today met Delhi Chief Secretary KK Sharma and urged him to reconstitute the state-level coordination committee to combat trafficking of women.
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Minor Girl Trafficked From Bengal, Married Off to Haryana Man, Escapes
By the tender age of 17 years, this girl from Bengal's Raniganj area has had a lifetime's worth of bad experiences - sold off four times, forced marriage, abuse by husband, and captivity. Three days ago, she finally managed to escape.
