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4 Indian-Americans Charged For Running Human Trafficking Racket In US: Report
Four Indian-Americans, including a woman, have been charged with allegedly running a human labour trafficking scheme out of a home in the US state of Texas, a media report said.
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Anti Terror Agency Chargesheets 2 Bangladeshis For Human Trafficking Racket
The NIA on Saturday charge-sheeted two Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly crossing into India illegally 10 years ago and pushing people from their country into forced labour through an organised racket.
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Indian Motel Manager In US Jailed For Human Trafficking, Forced Labour
An Indian motel manager in Georgia has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for trafficking a woman for peonage and slavery, and ordered to pay over USD40,000 in restitution to seven people, officials said.
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Kolkata Dura Puja Committees Focus On Social Issues To Spread Awareness
From the daily struggles of autorickshaw drivers to trafficking and abuse of women to blatant use of child labour in hotels, Durga puja committees in Kolkata have highlighted different social issues to generate awareness among people.
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26 Children Rescued In Hyderabad, 8 Arrested For Child Trafficking
As many as 26 children hailing from West Bengal and Jharkhand, who were being brought to Hyderabad allegedly to work as labourers were rescued and eight "traffickers" were arrested at the Secunderabad Railway Station here, the Telangana Police said.
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6 Girls, 3 Boys, Working At Noida Factory, Rescued By Police
Nine children, who were illegally employed at a garmentfactory in Noida, have been rescued by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, officials said on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea By Man Forced To Work As Bonded Labourer
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the National Human Rights Commission and seven states and union territories to a PIL seeking enforcement of fundamental rights of people trafficked as bonded workers'.
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45% Kids Living In Children Homes In South, Southeast Delhi Unable To Identify 2-Digit Numbers: Study
The survey was conducted in 30 children homes of south and southeast districts and 400 children in the age group of 6 to 18 were covered. Child Care Institutions house children who are victims of trafficking, sexual violence, parental incarceration, parental death, child labour, amongst others.
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Boy, 12, Trafficking Survivor Becomes Child Rights Body Chief For 1 Hour
A 12-year-old boy, survivor of child trafficking and child labour was made the chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) for an hour, an official said.
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Over 20 Child Labourers Rescued, 4 Arrested In Telangana: Police
Four people were arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly trafficking and engaging 26 child labourers, including eight girls, from six states in different workshops, police said on Wednesday.
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Child Labour And Trafficking May Rise Due To COVID-19 And Lockdown: Report
The Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, or KSCF, will launch the Justice for Every Child National Campaign on July 30 to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to raise awareness against combating trafficking through education and demanding quality education.
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Indian Couple In Singapore Forced Bangladeshi Club Workers Into Prostition, Jailed: Reports
A married Indian couple, who ran two Hindi entertainment clubs in Singapore, was on Tuesday fined and sentenced to over six years in prison for exploiting three Bangladeshi women, coaxing one of them into prostituting, in the first conviction for labour trafficking in the country.
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138 Child Labourers Rescued From Gujarat's Surat: Report
A team of the Rajasthan and Gujarat child rights commissions, the former's anti-human trafficking unit and an NGO jointly rescued 138 children in the 10-16 age group from Gujarat's Surat on Sunday, officials said.
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Indian Couple Convicted Of Labour Trafficking In Singapore
In the first conviction of a labour trafficking case in Singapore, an Indian couple was convicted of abusing their power to exploit employees by various means including verbal abuse, financial penalties and controlling their movements, a media report said on Saturday.
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4 Indian-Americans Charged For Running Human Trafficking Racket In US: Report
Four Indian-Americans, including a woman, have been charged with allegedly running a human labour trafficking scheme out of a home in the US state of Texas, a media report said.
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Anti Terror Agency Chargesheets 2 Bangladeshis For Human Trafficking Racket
The NIA on Saturday charge-sheeted two Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly crossing into India illegally 10 years ago and pushing people from their country into forced labour through an organised racket.
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Indian Motel Manager In US Jailed For Human Trafficking, Forced Labour
An Indian motel manager in Georgia has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for trafficking a woman for peonage and slavery, and ordered to pay over USD40,000 in restitution to seven people, officials said.
-
Kolkata Dura Puja Committees Focus On Social Issues To Spread Awareness
From the daily struggles of autorickshaw drivers to trafficking and abuse of women to blatant use of child labour in hotels, Durga puja committees in Kolkata have highlighted different social issues to generate awareness among people.
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26 Children Rescued In Hyderabad, 8 Arrested For Child Trafficking
As many as 26 children hailing from West Bengal and Jharkhand, who were being brought to Hyderabad allegedly to work as labourers were rescued and eight "traffickers" were arrested at the Secunderabad Railway Station here, the Telangana Police said.
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6 Girls, 3 Boys, Working At Noida Factory, Rescued By Police
Nine children, who were illegally employed at a garmentfactory in Noida, have been rescued by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, officials said on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea By Man Forced To Work As Bonded Labourer
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the National Human Rights Commission and seven states and union territories to a PIL seeking enforcement of fundamental rights of people trafficked as bonded workers'.
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45% Kids Living In Children Homes In South, Southeast Delhi Unable To Identify 2-Digit Numbers: Study
The survey was conducted in 30 children homes of south and southeast districts and 400 children in the age group of 6 to 18 were covered. Child Care Institutions house children who are victims of trafficking, sexual violence, parental incarceration, parental death, child labour, amongst others.
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Boy, 12, Trafficking Survivor Becomes Child Rights Body Chief For 1 Hour
A 12-year-old boy, survivor of child trafficking and child labour was made the chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) for an hour, an official said.
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Home Ministry Rejects "Distorted" Reports Linking Its Letter To Punjab Farmers
The Union Home Ministry today termed media reports as "distorted" and "misleading" which linked its letter to the Punjab government on the plight of 58 "bonded labourers" rescued in the state to the farmers' agitation and said no motive should be asc
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Over 20 Child Labourers Rescued, 4 Arrested In Telangana: Police
Four people were arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly trafficking and engaging 26 child labourers, including eight girls, from six states in different workshops, police said on Wednesday.
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Child Labour And Trafficking May Rise Due To COVID-19 And Lockdown: Report
The Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, or KSCF, will launch the Justice for Every Child National Campaign on July 30 to mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to raise awareness against combating trafficking through education and demanding quality education.
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Indian Couple In Singapore Forced Bangladeshi Club Workers Into Prostition, Jailed: Reports
A married Indian couple, who ran two Hindi entertainment clubs in Singapore, was on Tuesday fined and sentenced to over six years in prison for exploiting three Bangladeshi women, coaxing one of them into prostituting, in the first conviction for labour trafficking in the country.
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138 Child Labourers Rescued From Gujarat's Surat: Report
A team of the Rajasthan and Gujarat child rights commissions, the former's anti-human trafficking unit and an NGO jointly rescued 138 children in the 10-16 age group from Gujarat's Surat on Sunday, officials said.
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Indian Couple Convicted Of Labour Trafficking In Singapore
In the first conviction of a labour trafficking case in Singapore, an Indian couple was convicted of abusing their power to exploit employees by various means including verbal abuse, financial penalties and controlling their movements, a media report said on Saturday.
