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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2023: Campaign against human trafficking held in Delhi’s red light area
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World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2023: Campaign against human trafficking held in Delhi’s red light area

A walk to spread awareness against human trafficking among potential victims was held at the red light area of Shradhanand Marg (formerly known as Garstin Bastion Road) in Delhi on Sunday. The peace walk jointly organised by the Delhi Police, city-based humanitarian organisation Manobal and NGO EFICAR was held to mark World Day Against Trafficking…

36 Days of Type: Indian Laws That Shaped Our Lives
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36 Days of Type: Indian Laws That Shaped Our Lives

For #36DaysOfType, The Swaddle’s Denise D’Souza illustrated the A-Z of Indian laws that have impacted Indians in unforeseen ways. ⁠ The Armed Forces Special Powers Act of 1958 (AFSPA) grants the military the ability to maintain public order in ‘disturbed areas,’ through wide powers of arrest, the right to shoot to kill, and to occupy or…

DCW issues summon to Delhi Police over Uzbek girls' complain over trafficking
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DCW issues summon to Delhi Police over Uzbek girls' complain over trafficking

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued summons to Delhi Police after 5 out of 7 Uzbek girls who had complained about trafficking and sexual exploitation in India went missing from a private shelter home. The Commission had received a complaint of an international trafficking and prostitution racket from seven women belonging to Uzbekistan….

War against drugs: 22-year-old Afghan national arrested with 4 KG heroin worth 25 crore
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War against drugs: 22-year-old Afghan national arrested with 4 KG heroin worth 25 crore

He further disclosed that his father was in the business of importing dry fruits and after suffering losses in the business, he involved himself in making and supplying contraband narcotics substances in the Delhi-NCR region New Delhi: Anti-Narcotics Task Front (ANTF) in collaboration with Delhi police and Gujrat ATS busted an international drug trafficking racket…

Delhi saw 73.5% jump in human trafficking cases last year, NCRB data reveals
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Delhi saw 73.5% jump in human trafficking cases last year, NCRB data reveals

Delhi registered a 73.5% increase in cases of human trafficking last year with most victims being pushed into forced labour and prostitution, data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows. Over 509 victims were trafficked from different parts of the country to Delhi, police said, adding that they have managed to rescue and rehabilitate…