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Human Trafficking: A Social Evil

Author(s) Tanishka Bhatt
Country India
Abstract Human Trafficking is a type of slavery which is common in India and in other parts of the world. It is a crime which violates the basic human rights of an individual or group of people, there is no age, gender, caste criteria for human trafficking. Human Trafficking is an act where poor and helpless humans are made to do acts through fraud, coercion, force which a dignified human with self esteem and morality would never do; such as bonded labour, begging, pickpocketing, prostitution, pornography, supply of drugs, selling of bodily organs etc. The offence of human trafficking has been existing in the world since ancient times and is still prevailing in rural and urban areas of the globe. Article 23, 24 of the Indian Constitution, Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act, 1956, Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, 2012, Criminal Law (amendment) Act, 2013,Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill 2018, Trafficking in Persons( Prevention, Care and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2021, Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Bill, 2023, Section 366-A, 366- B, 370, 370 A, 372, 373, 374 of Indian Penal Code 1860, are some of the Anti Trafficking laws of our country which prohibits the offence of human trafficking and imposes stricter punishment on those who commit it.This article is an attempt to understand how human trafficking is prevailing and what steps are taken to combat human trafficking.
Keywords Human trafficking, offence, judiciary, constitution
Published In Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024
Published On 2024-06-30
Cite This Human Trafficking: A Social Evil - Tanishka Bhatt - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23962
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.23962
Short DOI https://doi.org/gt3m95

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