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Tamil Nadu had the second highest incidence of crime relating to human trafficking during 2014, after West Bengal, data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows. The State had 509 cases of human trafficking in 2014 with 590 victims and all of them were registered under various sections of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, the data shows. According to NCRB, human trafficking consists of crimes such as importation of girls from foreign countries, procuring, buying and selling of minors for prostitution. Pointing out that the number of cases that are reported are only one-third or lesser when compared to the actual crimes committed, S. Ramadoss, assistant professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Madras said the focus needs to be on rehabilitation and relief of people who have been trafficked and have been rescued. “Currently, there is no proper follow-up, medical assistance and psychological counselling for those who have been rescued. We should focus on that. Otherwise there is a possibility that they could be trafficked again,” he said. In 2010, a study by former head of the department R. Thilagaraj for the United Nations Development Programme on trafficking and HIV found that 20 per cent of the victims of trafficking had contracted HIV. The study had called for a coordinated effort by the police, judiciary and non-governmental organisations dealing with women, children and labour trafficking was imperative to prevent spread of the infection, the study said. The study found that 42.1 per cent of victims were trafficked when they were children and 93 per cent of those trafficked said their native language was Tamil and called for a uniform single legislation, a separate agency to tackle trafficking in women and children and making it mandatory to register births. Prof. Thilagaraj had also suggested that it was necessary to conduct a biannual study on trafficking for a few years to identify all source areas. Pointing out that organised gangs also are mainly responsible for the menace, Dr.Ramadoss said punishments need to be more stringent.
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Human trafficking, Tamil Nadu, National Crime Records Bureau, India, forced migration, source areas
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