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Indian authorities say they have busted a baby-trafficking operation run out of out a shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity, a religious sect set up by the late Mother…

Photo credit: Miguel Candela There are no walls or fences between India and Nepal. The two countries share a relatively open border, and Indian and Nepali passport holders do not…

In a first, a court in Jashpur, Chhattisgarh in northeastern India, has convicted two Delhi-based recruitment agents of human trafficking. They have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and each…

Anti-trafficking NGOs in India are being forced to put their work on hold following public lynchings of 10 people and false rumors of child kidnapping spreading across Facebook and WhatsApp….

…to ensure that mica it sources from India is both from legal mines and free from child labor. Mercedes-Benz audited three mica mines in their supply chain in India, where…

Indian Minister for Women & Child Development Smt Maneka Gandhi is likely to table India’s new anti-trafficking bill in the coming weeks during the monsoon session of parliament. However, as…

…a darker side to the industry’s success — exploitation of the thousands of migrant workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India that come to Malaysia thinking they’ve found…

…region of India where two teens were raped and then set on fire last month. CNN reports: As many as nine people were brought in for questioning, authorities said. According…

India has been named the most dangerous country for women in terms of human trafficking according to a new Thomson Reuters Foundation survey of 550 experts on women’s issues. The…

…is a daunting task.” Mica, a prized mineral that puts the sparkle in make-up, has been tarnished by its connection with child and forced labour in India, yet it is…