The nuns were arrested on 25 July over a Bajrang Dal activist’s complaint, alleging forced religious conversion & human trafficking. The case had taken a political turn in Kerala.
In 'Awakening the Advocate’, Matthew S.Friedman recounts the stories and testimonials of trafficking victims, perpetrators and those combating the crisis.
The case, which was registered by police in Bihar’s Gopalganj, relates to an organised syndicate luring and trafficking Indian youth to foreign countries on the pretext of jobs.
Since Anmol Bishnoi was arrested this week in US, investigators are working to unpack a complex web of crime involving trafficking of migrants, drug cartels, assassins & Sikh separatists.
Nearly 3 yrs ago, in January 2022, Jagdish Patel, his wife & 2 kids were found dead at the border, exposing an international trafficking racket. 2 accused are Harshkumar Patel, Steve Shand.
In India, the National Crime Records Bureau reported 2,878 cases of child trafficking in 2022 alone. However, this crisis is not limited to India; it is a global issue.
US Asst Secy for Border & Immigration Policy Royce Murray said this is not related to other judicial proceedings ongoing in US, when asked whether this had to do with Pannun case.
Lured by shady recruiters, many young graduates from Vizag are trafficked as foot soldiers in global cyber-crime rings. Their ‘job’: scamming Indians from compounds in Southeast Asia.
Police in Texas have released information on a months-long investigation into an alleged human trafficking & forced labour operation involving over 100 people, half of them victims.
Arun & Yesudas Junior alias Priyan were arrested from Kerala, bringing total number of accused in case to 4. Last month, Nijil Jobi Bensam & Anthony Michael Elangovan were arrested.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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