Child Trafficking

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2021: Facts about modern slavery and impact of COVID-19 on it

Modern slavery is used as an umbrella term as the term is not defined in law. It includes forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, and human trafficking.

Centre invites suggestions on draft anti-trafficking bill; provisions include fine upto Rs 5 lakh

According to the draft bill, a person found guilty of trafficking can be imprisoned for not less than seven years that may extend to 10 years

Travels through the Hindi belt: In Bihar's Gaya, parents forced to put kids to work in absence of solution from state

Bihar's Gaya district, home to the famour Mahabodhi temple, is infamous for being the centre of child trafficking in the state.

Tamil Nadu proposes stringent punishment for dowry deaths, stalking and human trafficking

As per the proposal, minimum punishment for dowry deaths will be 10 years, while maximum punishment for stalking will be 7 years (on subsequent conviction)

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Kailash Satyarthi calls for international convention against online child porn and abuse

He demanded creation of an international database and registry of child traffickers.

Police traces 24 tribal children trafficked from Jharkhand to Punjab shelter home, arrests two men

Jharkhand's West Singhbhum SP G Kranthi Kumar said that four children who were reportedly pursuing their studies in the three-room shelter home in Ludhiana were rescued and arrested two persons, including the owner of the home

Child trafficking in India: When children are bought and sold in the quest for a 'better life'

Can trafficking ever be benign? Can a child be trafficked for his or her “own good”?

Child trafficking in India: Over two lakh children missing, but who's counting the forgotten ones?

The saga of children who are victims of trafficking very rarely has a happily-ever-after ending

34 children trafficked to Punjab from Jharkhand, Bihar; admitted to illegal school in Ludhiana, say police officials

The children, mostly tribals, and some were allegedly converted to Christianity in Ludhiana, after being lodged in a missionary-run child shelter home.