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Abused Uzbek girls go missing from Delhi shelter home, DCW summons police
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
They alleged that they were brought to India on the pretext of providing jobs, but when they arrived here, they were forced into prostitution and sexual slavery.
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National Women's body to probe 'auction' of girls on stamp paper in Rajast
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken cognizance of the reports that girls are "being auctioned on stamp paper". The Commission said that it has been reported that in many settlements of the village, girls are sold for prostitution on stamp paper.
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Prostitution racket running at spa in Delhi's Shahdara busted, two arreste
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): Delhi police busted a prostitution racket running in the guise of a spa and massage centre in Delhi's Shahdara and arrested two persons in this connection, police said on Saturday.
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Uzbek women pushed to prostitution on pretext of jobs; DCW seeks in-depth
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 30 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday issued a notice to the crime branch of the Delhi Police seeking an in-depth probe into an international trafficking and prostitution racket as part of which seven Uzbek women were brought to India via differe
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Poverty compels few Sri Lankan women towards prostitution
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 31 (ANI): As Sri Lanka is gripped under a reeling economic crisis, numerous women in the country have changed their professions and turned to prostitution for daily meals.
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Makeshift brothels crop up in Sri Lanka as economic hardship pushes women
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 30 (ANI): In Sri Lanka, which is battling a crushing economic crisis, is now facing another predicament with its women, most of them who have lost their jobs in the textile sector, now forced to become sex workers to earn a livelihood.
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Delhi prostitution racket: Uzbek girls trafficked on bikes through India-N
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Delhi Police on Sunday said that the prostitution racket which was busted in the Malviya Nagar area, was also involved in human trafficking by bringing the girls illegally from Uzbekistan and neighbouring countries on bikes via the Nepal-India border on t
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Delhi Police bust prostitution, trafficking racket involving foreigners
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): A team of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) and the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has busted a gang of human traffickers in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar area, who used to lure foreign women to work as sex workers and brought them from various regions o
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5 arrested, 10 women rescued after prostitution racket busted in Delhi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): A prostitution racket involving a woman foreign national has been busted by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (ATHU) of the Delhi police on Saturday evening.
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Delhi Police bust prostitution racket, 5 arrested
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): A prostitution racket involving foreign women was busted by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (ATHU) of the Delhi police.
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Woman LinkedIn user proudly explains reason for adding 'sex work' as exper
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): People can be cagey or hesitant about information in their employment profiles including education grades, job duration or previous salary but a post has gone viral on the internet in which a woman wrote 'sex work' as her work experience on LinkedIn.
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Afghanistan's Taliban crack down on vloggers
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 15 (ANI): The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concerns about the increasing human rights violation in Afghanistan.
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