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  Shamima Begum, who fled UK to join ISIS, loses appeal to regain British citizenship

  World | February 23, 2024 18:17 IST

  Shamima Begum fled the UK to join the ISIS in 2015 when she was 15, married a Dutch member of the group and all three of her children have died. The UK government maintained she could seek a Bangladeshi passport but her family has argued that she is a British citizen.

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  Hyderabad woman trafficked from Dubai gets shelter at Indian Embassy in Oman after MEA interference

  January 11, 2024 17:10 IST

  Famida, the sister of Hyderabad resident Fareeda Begum (49), who is stuck in Oman, posted a video on social video which drew attention and subsequently an activist helped her to raise the issue to the concerned authorities.

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  Indian couple convicted of labour trafficking

  World | November 16, 2019 8:29 IST

  A married Indian couple, who ran two entertainment clubs in Singapore’s upmarket clubbing precinct of Boat Quay, was found guilty on Friday of illegally harbouring three Bangladeshi women in the first conviction for labour trafficking

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  25 Indian teens trafficked to France on pretext of rugby coaching, CBI files complaint

  India | December 30, 2017 9:00 IST

  The officials alleged that the agents had charged Rs 25-30 lakh from the parents of each of the minors for sending them abroad.

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  US woman held for beating, starving Chinese nanny; treating her ‘like a dog’

  World | July 18, 2016 18:25 IST

  Woodbury, Minnesota: Police in Woodbury city of Minnesota in the Unites States have charged a woman with beating and starving a woman she brought from China to work as a nanny. A prosecutor said

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  Shocking! ISIS harvesting human organs from living hostages and dead soldiers

  World | December 28, 2015 20:26 IST

  New Delhi: The most shocking act of organ harvesting could become IS' revenue stream and fetch the militant outfit a whopping $2million annually.The dreaded Islamic State has lately turned its attention to human organ trafficking

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  Smart city wouldn't be reality if children not safe:Kiren Rijiju

  Politics | July 17, 2015 22:14 IST

  New Delhi: Crime against children in cities like Delhi and Mumbai are disappointing and smart cities will not be a reality if the children are not safe, Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju

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  Mass graves found in migrant trafficking camps in Malaysia

  World | May 25, 2015 8:50 IST

  Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): Malaysian authorities said Sunday that they have discovered a series of graves in at least 17 abandoned camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand where Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar

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  Myanmar, India ink accord to curb insurgency, trafficking

  India | May 10, 2014 13:36 IST

  New Delhi: Myanmar and India signed an agreement in Nay Pyi Taw to prevent insurgency and curb human trafficking through the border areas of the two neighbouring countries, a media report said on Saturday. According

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  Saudi princess arrested in human trafficking case

  World | July 11, 2013 7:36 IST

  California, Jul 11: A Saudi princess has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly holding a domestic worker against her will at a California condominium, prosecutors said.Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas identified 42-year-old Meshael

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  Russia may treat child adoption for cash as trafficking

  World | January 24, 2013 8:41 IST

  Moscow, Jan 24 : Adoption of children involving payments will be considered by Russia as trafficking, according to a new bill debated in parliament.Russian Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov revealed Wednesday: "If the legislature is

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