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The process of rescue is not just freedom from exploitation and captivity temporarily, victims have to reach the point of justice and satisfactory mental, physical economic and social rehabilitation.
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Supreme Court often raised concerns about the rehabilitation of adult women in our country. It doesn't get the attention it deserves.
Many organisations work to rescue and rehabilitate the victims, but it is not an easy task. Some self-driven or self-motivated individuals established NGOs to work.
Snehalaya is situated in Ahmednagar, which belongs to a drought-prone area, a city with heavy transport, and migrant workers.
The article deals with many problems that the author is working on. Her observation is that children and women trafficking exists in almost every corner of our country rather than the world.
Usually, human trafficking is considered to be a social issue or compared with prostitution, but we fail to perceive it as a chain of crimes. It is run as a means of earning as any other profession.
Dr Pravin, while speaking on institutional forms of sex trafficking, observed that prostitution or commercial sex exploitation is ( somewhat ) institutionalised in our society.
This is a collection of articles that throw light on various aspects of the subject of women trafficking.
Did you know that the reel-life hero Suniel Shetty turned into a real-life hero for 128 women who were survivors of sex trafficking and were able to return to their homeland, thanks Shetty’s compassionate gesture?
Assam Rifles recovered explosives and war-like stores from Tuisih village in Siaha district of Mizoram , Officials said on Monday. A patrol was launched and a thorough search operation was commenced.
The rescue of an injured snow leopard from the Eastern Terai region of Nepal has increased concern amongst experts in Nepal. Experts suspected the rescued apex predator was tried to be trafficked and might have escaped.
NIA carried out searches across 10 states in human trafficking cases; Tripura, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Haryana, Puducherry, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir
Police and Railway officials were informed in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh and the girl child was rescued, said Kanaango.
BSF troops have intercepted a Pakistani drone near the Dhanoe Kalan in Punjab's Amritsar district and recovered packets of narcotics, an official statement said on Sunday.
The Home Minister will be visiting the poll-bound state in a bid to give a further boost to the party's campaign efforts in the southern state.
A court in Romania's capital Bucharest on Tuesday (Jan 10) upheld the 30-day arrest of divisive social media personality Andrew Tate on charges of organized crime, human trafficking and rape.
The movie narrates gut-wrenching stories of 32000 Hindu and Christian girls who were converted and trafficked to the Islamic State from Kerala.
After the 15-years of investigation, the US authorities returned 307 antiquities that were stolen by multiple smaller trafficking networks to India, valued at nearly $4 million.
According to officials, the smuggling is related to the suspected activities of a Sri Lankan drug mafia working with a supplier in Pakistan.
Two people were arrested and two pieces of elephant ivory weighing 24 kgs were seized by Ranger Sanjay Dutta and his troops in West Bengal on Wednesday. During a search operation, they found two pieces of elephant tusk in their possession.
The Railway police on Friday (Jul 22) rescued four Bangladeshi minor girls from Kamakhya railway junction in Guwahati. The Police suspect that a human trafficker brought the girls from Bangladesh under the pretext of providing them jobs in India.
Taliban supreme leader Hebatullah Akhudzada announced a strict ban on opium cultivation as well as use and trafficking of all types of illicit drugs.
. The trailer opens with a speech by former Kerala Chief Minister, V S Achuthanandan, in which he is heard saying that the plan of the Popular Front of India is to make Kerala a Muslim state in the next 20 years.
It would be best for Pakistan and more so for Prime Minister Imran Khan to focus on the very acute internal problems like human trafficking and exploitation of minority and vulnerable sections of their society.
The police claimed to have recovered two passports, eight Aadhar cards, three voter identity cards, three PAN cards, and several other documents from the two, said a police official.
NIA during the investigation found that all accused had illegally crossed over to India from Bangladesh.
Police busts child trafficking racket; rescues 42 children in Sikkim; rescues 42 children in Sikkim
Australia will start the office for security of Pacific Islands in 2021 at Vantanu.
Slating a fruitful and productive session this year, the parliament passed some major bills giving an upper hand to internal security of the country. Aligning with the recently amended NIA Act, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) registered its first case connected with human trafficking.
India held bilateral talks with the UAE on enhancing cooperation to prevent human trafficking, especially the trafficking of women and children between the two countries.
“Human trafficking is a violent crime against humanity, not just a social evil. War against human trafficking must continue until the last victim is rescued and rehabilitated and the last perpetrator is brought to justice”, voiced VP M Venkhaiah Naidu while addressing the gathering post releasing the training manual on home management for homes meant for sex trafficked victims.
As per the latest report, An anti-slavery group walk-free said, “10,000 people would have to be freed every day for the world to achieve a United Nations (UN)-adopted goal to bring modern slavery to an end over the next decade”.
Aligning a streak of vital and important contribution towards extending safety by ensuing strong security for India, National investigation Agency has played a very crucial role as far as internal security is concerned. Extending a thought by fortifying the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.
Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot today flagged off “17th Run Against Drug Abuse” on the occasion of ‘International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking’ at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The dignitaries present for the event led the Symbolic Walk with Band display. A demo cultural show was organized and certificate prizes and awards of appreciation were distributed to the participants on the occasion.
The Indian Coast Guard has taken a Pakistani fishing vessel into custody that illegally entered the Indian waters. Detaining six people on board, the coast guards have also found vessels containing narcotics.
In a major operation rescuing girls, the Mizoram police rescued at least 23 girls hailing from Nepal. These girls were being allegedly trafficked for flesh trade.
Suspected as victims of human trafficking, 12 suspected Rohingya from Bangladesh were arrested in Mizoram for entering the state without valid travel documents. Out of the 12 arrested, eight women and four boys from Bangladesh were taken from a house to Bawngkawn police station on Sunday.
Small hands, big responsibilities! Children have been dragged into these inhuman child labour activities from various parts of the country. Over 20 children from Telangana were rescued on Friday by Cyberabad Smile Team. These children had been working at a brick kiln in Kacharam village of Shamshabad, where they were making bricks and drying them.
Pitching for the ‘Neighbours First’ policy, India has rightly supported and helped its neighboring countries in moments of distress. Lauding a noble cause, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh handed over 179 Nepali citizens including 147 women, rescued by Manipur police from different places of the state, to the officials of Nepal Embassy.
Dwelling the need to eradicate drug trafficking, the northern states geared up to come forward in their fight against increasing cases of drugs. The Chief Ministers of four northern states on Monday decided unanimously to share drug trade related information and set up a common secretariat in Panchkula, for the purpose.
Asserting the arrest of people involved in drug trafficking, the state of Haryana will host a regional conference of Chief Ministers of five northern States on the topic of drug menace, challenges and strategies to combat this menace.
As many as 1000 survivors of human trafficking on Wednesday wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking for an early passage of the anti-trafficking bill in the Rajya Sabha. Notably, human trafficking, which kills “humanity” is one of the most heinous crime in the world. In India, the human trafficking rate is high and most if the Indian women are trafficked to the Middle East for commercial sexual exploitation.
The MEA is developing a portal where summons and warrants against absconding NRI husbands would be served, and if the accused does not respond he would be declared a proclaimed offender and his property would be attached said our External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj while addressing a national conference on NRI Marriages & Trafficking of Women and Children.
Exposure of child trafficking activities following arrest of a nun from Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa, the investigating cops and tax officials have sought to freeze the bank funds of the nuns associated with Missionaries of Charity.
Government Railway Police (GRP) and Balidih Police Station, on Thursday, 105 children from Dhanbad-Alappuzha (3351) Alleppey Express were alighted on the basis of information. 84 children and four Hafiz were alighted to Bokaro station and 21 children were alighted to Ranchi station. All the children were taken to Madarsa located in Khammam, Telangana. They are between 7 to 14 years of age.
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday demanded to setup an enquiry commission against the wrong-doings of church and make anti-conversion law. Notably, the VHP alleged church and so-called services offered by the church have become places of religious conversions, other unlawful and unethical activities and therefore it further demanded an inquiry commission to investigate their pastors and the organizations they run. It further demanded that the Central government enact an anti-conversion law.
The United States has continued to place India in ‘Tier 2' of its annual report on a trade of humans noting the investigations, prosecutions and convictions in the country were "disproportionately low" relative to the scale of human trafficking.
The United States-based human rights group have severely criticized Saudi Arabia for executing 48 people in the past four months and urged to improve a notoriously unfair criminal justice system. Notably, Saudi Arabia had been regularly criticized by the world for the unfair criminal justice system and highest rates of execution of the criminals. Suspects convicted of terrorism, homicide, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking face the death penalty. In spite of the worldwide criticism, there is no change
She is beautiful, She is hardworking, She is Courageous! Celebrating her efforts and exertions she takes for everyone is one of the most commendable and admirable thing. Encouraging women empowerment and women entrepreneurship, a first of its kind initiative has been started in Chattisgarh. The Chattisgarh Government has started ‘Beti Zindabad Bakery’ boosting women empowerment.