Page 3 - Human Trafficking

Film review: Angrezi Medium is good for more than a few laughs

Angrezi Medium chronicles the misadventures of two bumbling men, writes Veer Arjun Singh.

Less than 1% trafficking victims receive compensation: NGO report

Some outfits in West Bengal take up cudgels to find out the lacunae through RTI pleas and creating awareness among survivors, writes Swarnami Mondal

Govt has approved projects worth Rs 7000 cr under Nirbhaya fund: Smriti

The minister added that anti-trafficking units to protect women and children have also been funded

Trafficking survivors want more focus on justice than their testimonies

As scattered groups across the country come together under one forum, bringing the trafficker into the dock will be the most critical challenge

Cabinet approves India-Myanmar agreement to prevent human trafficking

It will strengthen cooperation to prevent all forms of human trafficking ensure a speedy investigation and prosecution of traffickers and organised crime syndicates in either country

750 complaints against fraudulent recruitment agencies in 5 yrs: MEA

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said this in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha

All districts to have units to prevent women, children trafficking: Irani

Union Minister Smriti Irani attended the South Asia Safety Summit by Facebook and Instagram in organised in the national capital

Child trafficking widespread across India, West Bengal worst affected

Three in five - or 9,034 of 15,379 - persons trafficked in 2016 were children (below 18 years), the data from the NCRB show. Of these, 4,911 (54%) were girls and the rest were boys

Anti-trafficking bill: Survivors write to PM for its early passage in RS

The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill in the Monsoon session of the Parliament in July last year

How govt's bill for trafficking victims will make sex workers less safe

According to the Indian government, 4,980 victims of sex trafficking were rescued in the country in 2016

The curious case of sellers at red lights: Whose children are they anyway?

Of every 10 children going missing in the national capital, six remain untraced

Face-to-face with human trafficking

Simply reading about human trafficking never gives a sense of what it is really like

Human trafficking in India up by 25% in 2016, say experts

The data from the National Crime Records Bureau shows how traffickers lure thousands of people each year

Human trafficking of Indians to China, Gulf on the rise: Govt

Trafficked Indians are subsequently duped on the pretext of getting overseas jobs and good salary

Human trafficking annual report: US continues to label India as Tier-II

India doesn't fully meet minimum standards for elimination of trafficking, said the US State dept

Human trafficking: US lists China among the world's worst offenders

Sudan and North Korea were also a part of the list

Of 8,132 human trafficking cases in 2016, West Bengal tops the list

Rajasthan was followed by Gujarat where 548 such cases were reported last year

Single anti-trafficking law not possible in Indian context, say activists

Activist Pravin Patkar believes that existing laws dealing with different aspects of human trafficking are adequate

International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued

Shabin Shaha, the kingpin of the gang, was arrested from Dang district of Nepal on Tuesday

As human trafficking rises 60%, six reasons new bill falls short

Every day, 15 Indians are traded against their will to be, among other things, sexual slaves or forced labour