NCRB reports 313 trafficked in A.P. in 2024

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As galore arsenic 313 persons were trafficked successful Andhra Pradesh successful 2024, according to the Crime successful India 2024 study released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) connected May 6.

Overall, 159 cases were registered and bulk of the women and girls were trafficked for intersexual exploitation and for forced labour, said N. Ram Mohan, caput of HELP, an NGO.

“Of the full 313 victims, 291 were women and girls, of whom 279 were trafficked for enactment work. A fewer were trafficked for marriage, home works and different purposes,” Mr. Ram Mohan told The Hindu on Thursday.

The NCRB information indicates the severity of exploitation of women and children (girls) and the organised prostitution by immoderate gangs successful the State, said the HELP secretary, who was moving connected anti-human trafficking successful Andhra Pradesh for the past fewer years.

Among those trafficked, 23 were children, and the percent of rescues was good, helium added. Andhra Pradesh has 13 Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) successful 26 districts.

Mr. Ram Mohan said that the State was successful 3rd spot successful quality trafficking according to the Crime successful India 2024 study and that determination was an urgent request to measurement up vigil connected traffickers.

“Police should absorption connected inter-State and online prostitution rackets, acceptable up AHTUs successful each districts, found fast-track courts for speedy proceedings of the cases,” said a unfortunate of enactment trafficking recently. Steps should beryllium taken to fortify unfortunate extortion and summation condemnation complaint to cheque trafficking cases, said the unfortunate preferring anonymity.

Published - May 07, 2026 10:54 p.m. IST

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