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Delhi HC refuses to quash ‘dunki route’ human trafficking FIR: ‘Wider impact on society’
April 20, 2026 6:29 pm
Promised a work visa in the US, the victim was allegedly tortured and exploited and taken via a ‘dunki route’ to enter the country.
‘Trafficking under garb of US migration’: Punjab and Haryana High Court denies bail to agent who cheated man of Rs 11 lakh
March 20, 2026 3:32 pm
Cases in which vulnerable individuals are lured with false promises of lawful migration and are subsequently subjected to exploitation, merit strict judicial scrutiny, the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed.
'Preys on dreams of Indian youth': Punjab and Haryana High Court denies relief to Karnal man over immigration fraud
February 28, 2026 9:07 am
The Punjab and Haryana High Court was hearing anticipatory bail application of a man accused of defrauding a youth of Rs 12 lakh on the false promise of sending him to Canada and get a work visa.
12 children rescued after Jharkhand police bust inter-state child trafficking racket
January 18, 2026 8:27 pm
The gang operates in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh.
Punjab has maximum cases of human trafficking: Jaishankar in RS
December 04, 2025 4:42 pm
The minister said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has established some years ago an anti-human trafficking division, and it has today a mandate to cover human trafficking.
We need data-driven policymaking to counter human trafficking and bonded labour
October 22, 2025 6:31 pm
Without a victim-centric justice system response, including protection from intimidation by perpetrators and their associates, laudable policy initiatives will remain a paper tiger
Punjab man falls victim to human trafficking, stuck in Colombia
July 05, 2025 6:19 pm
Balwinder Singh’s family has approached the Kapurthala police and urged Rajya Sabha MP Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal to intervene and bring him back home.
What is the Mann Act, the 114-year-old law used to convict Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs?
July 03, 2025 6:26 pm
Though Sean 'Diddy' Combs was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, he was found guilty of transporting people across state lines for paid sexual encounters, including former romantic partners and male sex workers.
For 3 Punjab men kidnapped in Iran, it’s home at last, but the trauma remains
June 25, 2025 9:57 am
The three youths were kidnapped in Tehran in April after being lured by Hoshiarpur-based agents with promises of legal migration to Australia via Dubai and Iran.
Lured with hospital jobs, 3 Bangladeshi women trafficked to Mumbai and forced into sex trade
June 08, 2025 3:21 pm
The Malvani police in Mumbai rescued the three Bangladeshi women and arrested one of the accused.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING PHOTOS
Inside pictures of human trafficking camp in Malaysia
May 28, 2015 4:34 pm
Authorities say there are 139 suspected graves in the mountainous jungle where northern Malaysia meets southern Thailand, a remote area that trafficking syndicates used as a transit point to hold migrants and refugees. Most were believed to be members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority and impoverished migrants from Bangladesh.
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