CRIME INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

Human trafficking is a crime that exploits women, children and men for numerous purposes including forced labour and sex. The International  Labour Organization estimates that 21 million people are victims of forced labour globally. This estimate also includes victims of human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation. While it is not known how many of these victims were trafficked, the estimate implies that currently, there are millions of trafficking in persons victims in the world. Every country in the world is affected by human trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit, or destination for victims. Children make up almost a third of all human trafficking victims worldwide, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. Global Report on Trafficking in Persons.  Additionally, women and girls comprise 71 per cent of human trafficking victims, the report states. As per the Global Slavery Index, in India, an estimated 18 million are trafficked for various purposes of exploitation. While the official figures based on reporting of crimes states 2-3 million women and children are sex trafficked, the actual numbers may differ as there is more number of unreported cases. This is matter of serious concern. The Telangana Police have been in the forefront of fighting the organized crime of human trafficking. To commemorate the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Telangana Police in collaboration with Prajwala, a leading anti-trafficking organization has released a first of its kind Training Manual for Police on Victim Centered Investigations. This manual will be used to train all the front-line officers in Telangana State equipping them with necessary skills to combat this crime. At a function organized in the Police Head Quarters on 31-07-2018, the Director General of Police Shri Mahendar Reddy, IPS released the manual in the presence of Padmashree  Awardee  Sunitha Krishnan and the Addl. Director General of Police, CID Shri Govind Singh, Senior Officers in the city participated in the function. Survivor leaders Divya and Manisha thanked the Police Officers for rescuing them and appealed to all of them to become more victim centric. The inaugural session was followed by a session on the new Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018 which has been successfully passed in Loksabha on 26th July 2018.