Flesh trade ring busted, 3 held ~ Bridal Slaves Rescue & Restore campaign

EMPOWER PEOPLE is an NGO in India working to protect female victims of violence and mitigate post-violence trauma. EMPOWER PEOPLE is one of the pioneer organizations focusing on the issue of human trafficking for the purpose of forced marriage.

What is also called "bride trafficking" affects a yet unknown number of girls, particularly from poor backgrounds, who are deceived and trafficked to be sold as brides. According to information gathered by EMPOWER PEOPLE, a middleman seeks an agreement on an arranged marriage with the family of the girls. Later those girls are transferred to another places where there is a high demand of brides, like Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan where they are known as "Paro" or "Molki" (literally perched woman).

The main focus of EMPOWER PEOPLE lies on awareness raising and sensitization trainings for law enforcement agencies. The organization is also offering direct victim support and assistance to women vulnerable to human trafficking and domestic violence.

EMPOWER PEOPLE is currently developing projects of community engagement and rehabilitation of trafficking victims in both source and destination areas in seven states of India.

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Flesh trade ring busted, 3 held

Three persons including two women, who were allegedly involved in human trafficking, and a pimp have been arrested by police from Raipur, Dehradun, late on Sunday evening, Dalanwala CO Parmendra Dobhal told The Pioneer.

Police claimed the three were part of an international trafficking racket. Following inputs from the cell on human trafficking, police with help of STF conducted several raids in Vani Vihar and Shanti Vihar of Raipur. Two girls including a minor were rescued during the raids.

One of the girls belongs to South 24-Parganas in West Bengal and the other hails from Mirpur, Bangladesh. Till the filing of this report, an STF team led by Yogesh Kumar Chand and CO Dalanwala Parmendra Dobhal were busy continuing the raids. The three arrested persons have been identified as Baby, Karuna and Vijay Kumar.

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