Odisha Police plans more action against human trafficking

The Odisha Police today said they are determined to continue their work in the field of anti-human trafficking drive proactively.
As part of its endeavour, the crime branch of the state police is holding a two-day state-level workshop here from Friday on anti-human trafficking matters for its trainers, said a press release issued here today.
It may be mentioned here that at least 12 integrated anti-human trafficking units (IAHTU) are functioning across the state to keep a vigil at vulnerable locations to curb human trafficking.
Similarly, ever since child missing cases are treated as kidnapping and trafficking by police stations, the rescue rate of these missing cases has increased significantly.

While only 18 per cent child missing cases in Odisha were solved in 2011, the rescue of missing children cases has increased to over 75 per cent in 2013, the police said.
For this outstanding result in human trafficking matters, state crime branch IGP Y B Khurania was recently commended by the Union Home Ministry at New Delhi, they said.
Sources said eminent resource persons are scheduled to participate in the workshop to share their suggestions for improving the work done by the state police in anti-human trafficking matters.