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TopicHuman trafficking

Topic: human trafficking

Ukraine charges Russian politician with war crimes over ‘deportation’ of orphans from Kherson

According to prosecution documents obtained by Reuters, 48 orphans were abducted from Kherson Regional Children's Home last year and sent to Moscow and Russian-occupied Crimea.

‘Reverse dowry’, rape & ‘good houses of bad husbands’ — the hidden stories of Gujarat’s child brides

Demand is high and young women are in short supply in Gujarat, where many impoverished girls are either trafficked or sold by their parents for marriage. For some, it’s an escape from poverty.

Donkers, cartels, hawala — Deepak Boxer arrest exposes nexus that helps gangsters plot ‘American dream’

Network facilitates criminals’ travels to US & other western countries where they can seek asylum. They communicate through calling apps and get paid through hawala transactions.

Who is Andrew Tate and how his ‘misogynistic’ philosophy has gathered legion of male fans online

Self-described misogynist, Tate’s beliefs — that women belong at home, can’t drive, and are the property of men — transformed the British-American kickboxer into social media royalty.

5th toddler rescued in past 2 months from Mumbai’s human-trafficking net

2 women who were allegedly going to sell the one-year-old, were arrested in Chembur. A First Information Report was registered at Deonar police station.

Kidnapped from Ajmer, sold in Karachi—Indian woman looks for family after 40 years

The woman doesn't remember the address of her home in India but recalls places like Howrah station, Raja Bazar, Moulali Mazar, and Atali market—all located in Kolkata.

Delhi Police arrest 3 for ‘trafficking tribal women in guise of placement agency’, 10 rescued

10 women, including 6 minors, were allegedly trafficked from Jharkhand & kept in inhumane conditions in Delhi. Police say 'placement agency' may be front for 'syndicate'.

Pakistan chose China ties over justice, let Chinese ‘bride traffickers’ get away, claims report

A recent Brookings report revealed two ‘offsetting imperatives’ in the issue of Pakistani bride trafficking to China.

This 12-year-old was abducted, married to 52-yr-old. Her rescue exposed ‘child bride’ racket

Police operation to rescue 12-year-old UP girl 'kidnapped & forced into marriage' with Haryana man unearths 'multi-state racket' feeding trend spawned by state's skewed sex ratio.

NIA files chargesheet against 13 Bangladeshis for human trafficking in Bengaluru

All the accused were illegally staying in India and were luring women from Bangladesh and trafficking them to India with the promise of jobs, according to NIA.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.