Police in Thane, Maharashtra, have dismantled a flesh trade operation disguised as a health spa, rescuing five women and arresting one woman involved in the racket.
In the wake of the recent instance of Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Babubhai Katara attempting to smuggle a woman out of the country posing as his wife, the government is planning to make laws more stringent
Not less than 10,000 people, mostly children, are trafficked into the Northeast with a good number smuggled in from Bangladesh, Nepal and other South East Asian countries, surveys by NGOs have revealed.
A man allegedly involved in an international network trafficking job seekers from Jharkhand to cyber scam operations in Myanmar has been arrested in Mumbai.
Mizoram police, in collaboration with Uttarakhand police, rescued five Mizo women, including two minors, from a sex trafficking racket operating under the guise of a spa in Rudrapur. Six individuals have been arrested, including the alleged mastermind and spa owner.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to police chiefs in Odisha and Uttar Pradesh following reports of a 17-year-old tribal girl being trafficked, sold, and sexually assaulted for two years in Jhansi. The NHRC has sought a detailed report on the investigation and steps for victim rehabilitation after allegations of inadequate police action in Jhansi.
Thanking the Centre for coming out with the bill, the survivors called it an "honest attempt" by the government to break the criminal nexus of organised human trafficking.
Former cricketer Jacob Martin, who was wanted in connection with a human trafficking case, has been arrested from the national capital, police said on Wednesday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has set up an anti-human trafficking unit at its headquarters here to conduct operations against women and child traffickers and to also deal with kidnapping cases.
A major human trafficking racket at Mangalore port was busted on Saturday after 84 Sri Lankan refugees were rescued there. They were being trafficked to Australia by a group of 14 people. Inspector General of Police Pratap Reddy said the traffickers were posing as agents and had promised these Sri Lankan refugees better job opportunities in Australia.
In its chargesheet, the CBI alleged that Kumar, during his tenure as Director General of ICCR, and Tyagi had entered into a criminal conspiracy with Singh and Sharma to facilitate trafficking of nine individuals to Germany. The modus operandi adopted by the accused was to send nine people to Berlin along with a dance troupe. On arrival, these people disappeared and later filed applications seeking political asylum under changed names.
After a gap of six years, the United States has taken India off the human trafficking 'Watch List' for making significant efforts in combating the menace.
Lingaiah reportedly confessed that he met Rashid, the alleged kingpin in the trafficking scam, who surrendered before the CCS police on May 3 and admitted having obtained a fake passport in the name of his wife for a Gujarati woman.
Thane police have dismantled a prostitution racket operating near the Thane railway station, arresting a woman and rescuing three victims.
Since 2011, India has remained on Tier 2 of the State Department reports on human trafficking.
Special Secretary (Economic Relations) Rakesh Kumar has been named by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case of alleged human trafficking to Germany.
Police in Thane, Maharashtra, have dismantled a prostitution racket operating from a hotel, arresting a woman and rescuing two victims.
The Bombay High Court has denied bail to a man accused of trafficking educated youth on the pretext of providing them jobs abroad, only to coerce them to carry out cyber fraud activities.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a person in connection with the alleged human trafficking of people to Germany, a case in which Special Secretary of External Affairs Ministry Rakesh Kumar has also been named.
A man was arrested at a railway station in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly trafficking six children to Vadodara for labour. The children were rescued and handed over to the Railway Child Help Desk.
The CBI has arrested an Indian national accused of trafficking citizens to cyber scam compounds in Myanmar, where they were forced to participate in cyber fraud.
The US on Monday announced that it had revoked more than 1.75 lakh visas during President Donald Trump's tenure for a range of crimes from reckless driving to sexual assault.
'We have interesting leads on the agents. The roles of agents in this entire operation, who were doing what.'
Coastal states such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra recorded the highest number of immoral trafficking cases in India.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a 'Wanted' notice for Indian national Major Singh, alleging his involvement in a transnational criminal organisation engaged in racketeering and unlicensed firearms dealing, linked to the 'Jaggu Bhagwanpuria Organised Crime Group' which originated in Punjab, India.
The VIIIth Metropolitan Magistrate remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days.
As many as 274 fugitives have been repatriated from 36 countries in the last 7 years, an average of around 40 per year and a 10-fold jump from the 2004-13 period when around four fugitives were brought back every year, the government said on Tuesday.
Rasheed, whose name had figured prominently during the investigations ever since the emigration scandal broke out, had surrendered before the police yesterday.
Human trafficking has been a concern and it got serious after recent detection of alleged involvement of MPs in the illegal activity.
The MPs will have to explain why their names were taken by a person arrested in a human trafficking case, a senior police official said.
Amit Sheoran, a 31-year-old former national-level wrestler wanted in an alleged major opium smuggling case, has been arrested after being on the run since 2023, police said.
A US State Department report on human trafficking has placed India on a Tier 2 'watch-list' because of what it said were existing bonded labour practices and the lack of adequate action to effectively end this.
Sukhwinder Singh alias 'Sukha Delhi' was caught by the police after a resident of Noorkhedi village near Patiala complained.
The Indian government does not fully comply with the minimum standards for elimination of trafficking, it said but conceded that New Delhi is making 'significant efforts' to fight bonded labour. Equally dismal was the record of Sudan, Syria, Myanmar, Cuba, Fiji, Moldova and Papua New Guinea, according to grading done by the annual report.
An all party meeting will be convened by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee next week to discuss the issue of alleged misconduct of members in the backdrop of the human trafficking case.
Police in Solapur, Maharashtra, have dismantled a prostitution racket operating from a dance academy, rescuing 25 women and arresting five individuals on human trafficking charges.
Thirteen children from the Baiga tribe were rescued from bonded labour in Chhattisgarh's Kabirdham district. Eight people have been arrested, including two alleged traffickers and six employers.
Police in Uttar Pradesh have busted an inter-state gang involved in abducting and illegally selling infants, rescuing a nine-month-old child and arresting nine accused.
A suspected member of a human trafficking gang, who allegedly used his auto-rickshaw to facilitate the kidnapping of children in Delhi NCR, has been arrested in Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh.
