The raiding team arrested kingpin Jojo Nakintu, a Ugandan national, and unearthed a systematic operation wherein economically weak and single mothers from Uganda were on the target list of the traffickers.
The Crime Branch Unit of Pimpri Chinchwad Police of Pune District busted a racket of illegal traffickers accused of selling newborn babies in Pune, senior police officials said on Saturday, adding that six women were arrested in connection with the case.
In a swift operation by the team, one male and three females, including a woman carrying a baby girl, were apprehended as they were planning to take the child to an undisclosed location. The infant rescued was around 15-20 days old, said Delhi Police.
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Sunday expressed apprehension over the drug cartel in the state after the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested a Tamil film producer, Jaffer Sadiq accused of being the kingpin in a Rs 2,000-crore international drug trafficking racket.
Claiming that as Karnataka Home minister, he draws hundreds of visitors every day, Araga Jnanendra on Monday dismissed former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy's allegation that he is related to Santro Ravi, an alleged kingpin of a human trafficking racket.
Though human trafficking takes place in various parts of the world, there are certain factors specific to China that facilitate the thriving of this industry.
NHRC took suo motu cognizance of reports that five of the seven Uzbek women, rescued from a sex trafficking racket by the Delhi police in August 2022 went missing from a shelter home in Delhi's Dwarka last week.
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): An owner of a private hospital and three women were held for their alleged involvement in child trafficking, police said on Tuesday.
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