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The Mira Road police is conducting further investigations into the case.

Event managers doubled up as pimps, arrested

According to the police four women aged 22 to 25 years were rescued from the clutches of the flesh trade racketeers.

12 Apr 2018 2:11 AM

Instead of Dubai, the agent sent her to Sharjah in United Arab Emirates, where she was initially confined in an office. (Photo: Representational | Pixabay)

Hyd woman offered salesgirl job in UAE, sold to sheikh, returns home

She was made to work as a domestic help, was tortured and was not given adequate food.

07 Apr 2018 12:36 PM

StayUncle, a website that enables unmarried couples to book into hotels without hassle, launched the spoof site - staylaid.com - after tiring of requests from clients to procure a sex worker as well. (Photo: staylaid.com)

Fake website offers girls for 'every taste, pocket', spurs controversy

More than 8,000 cases of human trafficking were reported in India in 2016, up 20 per cent on the previous year, government data shows.

04 Apr 2018 7:39 PM

Members of Banchhada community, who operate family-based prostitution for livelihood, consider the birth of a girl auspicious as it means another breadwinner for the family. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Banchhada members celebrate birth of girls, but only for prostitution

In order to improve financial conditions of their families, Banchhada members also buy girls from different parts of the state or country.

19 Mar 2018 3:45 PM

Singer Daler Mehndi speaks to the media after he was granted bail in Patiala on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Daler Mehndi gets 2-year jail in human-trafficking case

The complainants alleged that the accused had taken Rs 1 crore from them, and even failed to return the money when the deal never matured.

17 Mar 2018 1:40 AM

Police are collecting the useful data from the children, who will be shifted to Saidabad children home. (Photo: ANI)

Hyd police rescues 26 child labourers, human trafficking accused held

Women and Child Welfare Department, Labour Department, and others along with police conducted the rescue operation.

15 Mar 2018 9:04 AM

Delhi Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a gang trafficking minor girls with the arrest of four persons and rescued three underage girls. (Representational Image)

Delhi: Police busts trafficking gang, rescues 3 minor girls

The gang used to look for minors at busy places like railway and bus stations in Delhi-NCR, pick them up and sell them to buyers.

03 Mar 2018 8:47 PM

Privacy and confidentiality are vital in emergency care, particularly for those who don't wish to divulge sensitive personal information. (Photo: Pixabay)

Another reason to worry about overcrowded emergency rooms

Patients should recognize that they always have the right to request some space to discuss private matters with their doctor.

01 Mar 2018 4:10 PM

Government officials said that in order to empower the NIA to probe trafficking cases, the National Investigation Act, 2008, will have to be amended.

NIA soon to probe human trafficking

The draft bill also moots three years in jail for abetting, promoting and assisting trafficking.

01 Mar 2018 3:58 AM

The Bill also advocates for a time-bound trial and repatriation of the victims - within a period of one year from taking into cognisance. (Photo: ANI)

Cabinet passes Trafficking of Persons Bill for introduction in Parliament

The bill addresses the issue of trafficking from the point of view of prevention, rescue and rehabilitation.

28 Feb 2018 8:53 PM

While four accused were awarded 10 years RI and slapped fines ranging from Rs 2.54 lakh to Rs 1.54 lakh, the rest were handed seven years RI and fine of Rs 1.2 lakh each. (Photo: Representational Image / File)

Kerala: 7 get rigourous imprisonment in human trafficking case

Cases were filed against the accused under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.

25 Feb 2018 4:09 PM

According to the International Justice Mission, a global organization that partners with local authorities to fight human trafficking and child sexual abuse, Shobbrook used girls for pornographic images and videos that he then distributed online. (Representational Image)

Philippine court gives Australian man life sentence for child porn, trafficking

3 victims testified at the trial that girls were also offered to other foreigners for sexual exploitation, according to the organization.

21 Feb 2018 3:50 PM

The arrested man revealed that he was supposed to hand over the children to his accomplice in Rajasthan in return for Rs 500 for each child. (Representational Image)

Rs 500 for each: Human trafficker held in UP with 7 Nepal children

The arrested man admitted that he and his associate had so far sent 25 children to different countries and were preparing to send 10 more.

14 Feb 2018 12:17 PM

Appoint special police to look into human trafficking: Bombay HC

The government pleader informed the court that as per the Act, the Union government is supposed to confer power on the police officers.

10 Feb 2018 6:19 AM

Union minister Piyush Goyal (Photo: PTI)

Flesh trade on local trains to be under scanner: Piyush Goyal

Goyal went on to explain that the use of railway network for human trafficking is a major cause of concern.

22 Jan 2018 1:32 AM

The Delhi ashram that was raided had deplorable living conditions, with small cage-like rooms and the girls were constantly kept under CCTV surveillance. (Representational Image)

Delhi: Young girls retained in cages, sexually abused by godman

Virender Dev Dixit perpetrated he is God and demanded donations to stop the world from ending in 2020.

14 Jan 2018 1:49 PM

DCW chief Swati Maliwal suspected that Virender Dev Dixit runs a human trafficking racket and demanded a CBI probe into the same. (Representational Image)

Delhi: Police, DCW jointly rescue 2 minor girls from godman's grasp

The two minors were rescued from illegal confinement at an ashram run by spiritual leader Virender Dev Dixit.

26 Dec 2017 8:43 PM

14,183 of the 23,117 victims rescued in 2016 were below the age of 18 years, as stated by the NCRB data. (Representational Image)

8,132 trafficking cases reported in 2016, WB tops list with 3,579

A total 23,117 human trafficking victims were rescued during 2016, with the police saving, on an average, 63 people a day.

03 Dec 2017 12:29 PM

Travelling on illegal documents leaves the already vulnerable young women with little protection. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Indian girls trafficked as house maids on fake Myanmar passports

Moreh, a thriving business hub on the India-Myanmar border, is the first stop for girls trafficked from the northeastern states.

08 Nov 2017 1:08 PM

Lost in Translation: Thailand offers course for women who marry foreigners

The course is to help Thai women cope with the highs and lows of interracial marriage.

05 Sep 2017 8:26 PM

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