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Human trafficking in immigration garb a 'growing menace': Punjab and Haryana High Court

August 28, 2026 10:16 am

The Punjab and Haryana High Court was hearing a man’s anticipatory bail plea over an alleged Rs 5.80 lakh payment from a woman to send her to Canada, along with cheating and human smuggling allegations.

IVF claim, babies for sale: How a Delhi racket trafficked infants

Now, an ‘IVF’ claim emerges in Delhi child trafficking racket

June 25, 2026 7:08 pm

Delhi Police apprehended a woman when they recovered a child ‘sold’ by the racket. The woman, however, claimed she was told it was her child born through IVF

The young men of Iraqi Kurdish identity were captured in Libya by a militia that demanded $5000 from every family member. The human trafficking victims’ families were threatened with surgically removing the victim’s kidney if the payments were delayed.

Debt-ridden families tied to ‘contracts’, minors trafficked to cities: 10 girls rescued after ‘discreet’ probe

June 06, 2026 12:39 am

Police in Rajasthan say they uncovered organised network of local brokers and agents who trafficked minor girls to Mumbai, Nagpur and other metropolitan cities for bar dancing and prostitution

Kavankumar Patel, of Gujarat, India, was sentenced on May 26, 2026, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska

Hotel worker from Gujarat gets 10 years in US for sex trafficking of minors at Nebraska hotel

May 30, 2026 11:29 pm

The investigation began on January 6, 2025, when Omaha Police Department officers responding to a theft report uncovered evidence of human trafficking.

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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.

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‘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.

The fraudulent inducement for illegal migration not only reflects criminal intent but also constitutes a serious affront to human dignity and national interest, said the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

'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.

S. Jaishankar informed the Rajya Sabha that Punjab reports the maximum number of human trafficking cases in India. (File)

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.

A Delhi court has pulled up the Delhi Police for making a “complete mess in the matter”.

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

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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.