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The women have also claimed that their passports have been confiscated and “they had approached the India Embassy in Oman for help several times but failed to receive any support. (Photo: AP/File)

DCW writes to Sushma, requests to help 45 Indian women trapped in Oman

According to a DCW official, the commission has been informed that many of these women were beaten and kept hungry too.

28 Jul 2017 9:25 PM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (Photo: PTI)

CM Fadnavis pledges support to war against trafficking of children

The CM was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day international conference on trafficking of women.

28 Jul 2017 3:10 AM

It marked the first significant rebuke of China's rights record by the Trump administration, which has avoided harsh criticism of Beijing. (Photo: AP/Representational)

US lists China among worst human trafficking offenders

In its annual ‘Trafficking in Persons Report’, the State Department said China is doing little to combat trafficking or protect victims.

28 Jun 2017 9:35 AM

According to a police official, the victim was forced to drink alcohol and raped by the three accused in a moving car. (Photo: File/Representational)

Delhi: Woman abducted, raped, thrown off moving car; 4 arrested

The victim said that the 3 men who raped her had bought her from another man for Rs 3,000.

23 Jun 2017 5:15 PM

The college has been raising funds through online campaign for the project as it would help them buy utensils and equipment, initial raw material, oven, cover initial packaging cost, and transportation.(Representational Image)

Delhi: From trafficking victims to pastry chefs

The team will be applying for a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) certification.

04 Apr 2017 12:46 AM

8132 human trafficking cases in 2016, WB tops the list, Rajasthan second

Rajasthan was followed by Gujarat where 548 such cases were reported last year. Maharashtra reported 517 cases.

26 Mar 2017 9:31 AM

Normally capital punishment is reserved for murder, terrorism, war crimes, reason, espionage etc. (Representational image)

360 degree: The legitimacy of Capital punishment

Law Commission felt time has come for India to move towards abolition of the death penalty.

26 Mar 2017 3:38 AM

Delhi police personnel (Photo: PTI/ File)

Delhi Police rescues pregnant woman, 5 others in trafficking raids

The woman owner of the agency has been arrested on charges of illegal detention, police said.

24 Mar 2017 5:13 PM

The owner of the placement agency and the building have been arrested.

DCW busts trafficking racket, two men nabbed

Six girls rescued from placement agency.

24 Mar 2017 1:58 AM

The woman, a native of Dholka town in Ahmedabad district, was rescued after the state Education Minister and Dholka MLA Bhupendrasinh Chudasama came to know about her plight and contacted state Home department officials, who in turn had informed the MEA. (Photo: Representational Image)

Gujarat woman, rescued from Saudi Arabia, reaches Ahmedabad

Her name is withheld since the police have registered a case of human trafficking against the agents who had sent her to Riyadh.

20 Mar 2017 10:04 AM

The women said they are drugged (Photo: AFP)

Traffickers selling skin of Nepali women for surgery

The skin is sold to pathology labs in India, who then export it to the US for penis and breast enlargement.

12 Mar 2017 1:34 PM

The team after months received a tip-off that the girl was being held captive in Hisar. (Representational image)

Three women among six held for trafficking 14-year-old

The survivor was raped several times and also forced into prostitution.

10 Mar 2017 3:27 AM

The film fighters: The crew of the film Notes to My Father. Hannah Norling and Elca Grobler.

An end to exploitation

With a rise in human trafficking cases, a Hyderabad-based NGO attempts to highlight the issue with a short film that uses VR technology.

10 Mar 2017 12:10 AM

Human trafficking: One of missing Dalit girls found in Haryana

The two minor Dalit girls had gone missing recently in a case of suspected human trafficking.

02 Mar 2017 9:32 AM

She is afraid to go out, but tirelessly works for others (Photo: Pixabay)

Raped for months and left to die, Bengal teen fights back

She was left unable to walk or sit, but now she is moving ahead and raising awareness among other children.

20 Feb 2017 3:11 PM

Rajasthan: Father sells 14-year-old for Rs 7 lakhs, girl rescued by villagers

The 14-year-old girl has alleged that along with her father, her mother was also a part of the conspiracy.

20 Feb 2017 2:55 PM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (Photo: PTI)

Women seek Sushma’s help to bring their mother back from Oman

The EAM asked Indian Embassy in Muscat to 'file a case against the persons who indulged in human trafficking and ill-treated' her.

19 Jan 2017 7:57 AM

Odisha: Woman sells newborn baby to neighbour for Rs 2,000

Reportedly, the woman who had given her one-day-old son to a neighbour for Rs 2,000, does not receive any benefit from government either..

10 Jan 2017 9:13 PM

Kartan and Barai forced the labourers to work 18 hours a day with limited rest and nourishment.

Indian-American couple charged with human trafficking, torture

February 21, 2014, and October 3, 2016, Kartan and Barai hired workers from overseas to perform domestic labour.

18 Nov 2016 8:52 AM

A prostitute waits for clients. (AFP/File photo)

Trafficked Nigerian women's dreams end in sex slavery

And in Italy's migrant-saturated southern ports, prising these young Nigerian girls away from their traffickers is a formidable challenge.

12 Nov 2016 12:17 PM

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