The Telangana High Court ruled that customers of sex workers cannot be charged with trafficking under Section 370 IPC solely for availing services. However, they may face prosecution under Section 370A(2) IPC if they knowingly exploited a trafficked person
A Chinese national has been jailed in Kenya for one year for illegally possessing nearly 2,000 ants. The court also imposed a fine after he pleaded guilty. The case highlights rising illegal trade in small wildlife species.
Pune police busted an inter-state illegal arms manufacturing and trafficking racket operating from Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district, detaining 36 people and destroying 50 weapon-making furnaces. The crackdown followed seizures of 21 pistols in Pune over three weeks, officials said
Authorities have sealed an IVF facility in Hyderabad, accusing Dr. Athaluri Namratha of running a surrogacy racket and suspecting child trafficking. Despite the cancellation of its registration, the doctor allegedly continued operations. Police are investigating links to multiple centres across Telugu States.
Town Inspector Pramod Rao stated that the guest house was seized following orders from Mancherial Revenue Divisional Officer Ramulu, due to allegations of it being a site for illegal flesh trade.
Illicit trafficking of cultural property is a longstanding issue that has affected many cultures, countries throughout history; India has been particularly hit, say official sources
Los Angeles: American songwriter-record producer Robert Sylvester Kelly professionally known as R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison as he faces conviction for racketeering and eight counts of violating the Mann Act, which prohibits transporting people across state lines for prostitution, reports ‘Variety’. Kelly has been in jail since July of 2019; 45 […]
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the accused woman's flat on Tuesday evening and arrested her, the official from the city police's anti-human trafficking cell said.
The 46-year-old Satish Kartan and his wife Sharmistha Barai (40) were found guilty of conspiracy to obtain forced labour and two counts of obtaining forced labour by a federal grand jury on March 14, 2019.
The NIA investigation established that the arrested accused were associates of Dhali and Abdul Barik Shaik who illegally trafficked young girls from Bangladesh to India and vice versa, according to the official.
