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  Daler Mehndi's 2-year imprisonment sentence upheld by court in 19-year-old human trafficking case

  India | July 14, 2022 17:31 IST

  Daler Mehndi Arrest: The Patiala Sessions has upheld 2018 verdict by a trial court sentencing Daler Mehndi to two years imprisonment in the 19-year-old human trafficking case.

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  COVID: MHA issues advisory to States, UTs to ensure protection for vulnerable groups

  India | May 21, 2021 10:35 IST

  The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday issued an advisory to all states and union territories, directing them to take cognizance of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable groups of society.

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  PILs to safeguard children orphaned due to COVID: HC seeks stand of Centre, Delhi govt

  India | May 10, 2021 12:46 IST

  Children orphaned due to COVID-19 should be protected and guarded against being trafficked till they are legally adopted, two PILs have urged the Delhi High Court

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  Father, 3 others held for selling 15-day-old boy in UP

  Crime | April 25, 2021 9:12 IST

  The main accused has been identified as Santosh Ram, a resident of Rudalpur Gayghat village under Phephana police station

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  Delhi Police bust child trafficking racket, 14 minors rescued

  News | September 11, 2020 19:07 IST

  Team of Delhi Police railways unit arrested 10 persons involved in human trafficking and rescued 14 juveniles.

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  COVID-19: Activists warn of sharp rise in human trafficking in near future

  India | August 02, 2020 10:27 IST

  Tarannum (name changed) has many cut marks on her wrist, scars that constantly remind her of the several years she spent in a brothel where she was sexually exploited countless times.

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  Major Human Trafficking Case: 629 Pakistani girls sold as brides to China

  World | December 04, 2019 23:50 IST

  The biggest case against traffickers has fallen apart. In October, a court in Faisalabad acquitted 31 Chinese nationals charged in connection with trafficking. Several of the women who had initially been interviewed by police refused to testify because they were either threatened or bribed into silence, according to a court official and a police investigator familiar with the case. The two spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared retribution for speaking out.

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  Anti-human trafficking units, women help desks to be set up using Nirbhaya fund: Irani

  India | November 02, 2019 16:35 IST

  The Nirbhaya Fund was announced by the Centre in 2013 after the sensational December 16, 2012 gangrape and murder case in Delhi. Its aim was to support the initiatives of the government and the NGOs working towards the safety of women.  

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  US retains India in Tier 2 list of countries in its report on human trafficking

  World | June 20, 2019 22:47 IST

  The US on Thursday retained India in Tier 2 list of countries in its annual report on human trafficking, arguing that the country does not fully meet the minimum standards for its elimination even as it is making progress.

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  Keith Raniere, self-help Guru who attracted Hollywood stars, convicted in lurid sex-trafficking case

  World | June 20, 2019 15:05 IST

  A jury in federal court in Brooklyn took less than five hours to find 58-year-old Keith Raniere guilty on all counts of sex-trafficking and coercing women into sex.

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  12 suspected Rohingyas held in Mizoram

  India | May 06, 2019 11:23 IST

  Eight women and four boys from Bangladesh were taken from a house to Bawngkawn police station here on Sunday, Deputy Inspector of Police (Northern Range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte said.

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  Dubai-based Indian teen gets acceptance letters from 7 high-ranking US universities

  World | April 28, 2019 17:37 IST

  "I honestly think there is no secret to being accepted into these many universities. The whole process is about discovering yourself. Everyone has something unique to offer," Simone told the media.

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  Human trafficking racket busted in Delhi, 19 girls rescued

  News | August 01, 2018 10:13 IST

  Human trafficking racket busted in Delhi, 19 girls rescued

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  Human trafficking: Investigations and convictions in India 'disproportionately' low, says US Department report

  World | June 29, 2018 10:33 IST

  The US State Department in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2018 urged India to increase prosecutions and convictions for all forms of trafficking, including forced and bonded labour, and of officials allegedly complicit in it.

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  US: Indian couple sentenced for human trafficking, face deportation

  World | March 21, 2018 16:58 IST

  The couple -- Vishnubhai Chaudhari (50) and Leelabahen Chaudhari (44), of Kimball, Nebraska, have also been asked to pay USD 40,000 to the victim.

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  MP: Banchhada Community celebrates birth of girls, but for flesh-trade

  India | March 18, 2018 13:32 IST

  For the community prostitution is a way of life, passed down generations and young girls are groomed to become prostitutes as male members mostly live off their earnings.

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  Daler Mehndi Convicted for Human Trafficking: Music Career, Biography, all you need to know

  Celebrities | March 16, 2018 18:15 IST

  Daler Mehndi was arrested immediately after conviction but have been granted bail.

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  Indian woman, forced to work as a 'slave' in Saudi Arabia, returns home after 14-month ordeal

  India | September 24, 2017 15:49 IST

  42-year-old Jacintha Mendonca has returned home after a 14-month ordeal in Saudi Arabia, where she was forced to work as a "slave" in a household.

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  Hyderabadi woman, sold for Rs 3 lakh, faces sexual abuse in Saudi Arabia, wants to come back home

  India | April 24, 2017 13:30 IST

  Yet another shocking incident of a Hyderabadi woman facing mental and physical harassment at the hands of her kafil in Saudi Arabia has come into light.

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  West Bengal tops in human trafficking cases, Rajasthan follows

  India | March 26, 2017 14:03 IST

  West Bengal topped the list of states with the maximum number of human trafficking cases in 2016 followed by Rajasthan as the two accounted for around 61 per cent of such cases in the country.