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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...

8 Nov 2017 1:08 PM IST

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Hills couple arrested in Delhi for trafficking

The arrested couple has been identified as Simran, alias Khushi (name changed), 21, and Subir Das, 32.

4 Nov 2017 6:36 AM IST

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

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

5 Sept 2017 8:26 PM IST

Minal Patel Davis, special advisor on human trafficking to Houston mayor Sylvester Turner, received the Presidential Medal for Combating Human Trafficking in the White House last week. (Photo: City of Houston/Twitter)

Indian-American awarded at White House for combating human trafficking

'It was unbelievable,' said Davis after winning the award, the country's highest honour in the field.

19 Oct 2018 1:40 PM IST

With co artists, making music together is like having a conversation if you both talk together, no one is heard. If there is something you disagree with, you should go to something else. If the other person has said it all, silence is better than repetition.

Arabs playing foul, says Adille Sumariwalla

He however wasn't worried India losing as many as eight gold medals to African athletes in Asian Games.

11 Oct 2018 1:07 AM IST

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Facebook, responding to lawsuit, says sex trafficking banned on site

The social network said that it works internally and externally to thwart such predators.

4 Oct 2018 9:25 AM IST

Data mining and analysis firm Cambridge Analytica earlier faced allegations that it used personal information harvested from 87 million Facebook accounts to help Donald Trump win the 2016 US presidential election.

Lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers

The lawsuit was filed in Houston against Facebook, the shuttered classifieds site Backpage.com and the owners of two...

3 Oct 2018 8:56 AM IST

Google demonstrated how its AI technology is already being used to diagnose diseases, help people with disabilities, predict areas likely to flood and protect endangered species. (Photo: AP)

Google continues the fight against child sexual abuse online

Experts and engineers are taking part in an industry hackathonâ€ to collaborate and create new ways to tackle child...

8 Nov 2018 9:03 PM IST

Indian Railways is not looking at more funds in the upcoming Union Budget for 2018-19 as it is focused on monetising assets within, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. (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 IST

Police have registered a case of rape and kidnapping but no arrests have been made yet. (Photo: File/Representational)

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 IST

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...

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

28 Feb 2018 8:53 PM IST

Sources said that the home department and jail authorities would study the report and then take a decision.

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...

25 Feb 2018 4:09 PM IST