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Telangana recorded 423 quality trafficking cases successful 2024, the highest among each States and Union Territories. Maharashtra followed with 337 cases, Odisha with 141, Bihar with 138 and Karnataka with 115.
The latest figures bespeak a emergence of astir 25.9% compared to 336 cases successful 2023. Compared to 391 cases successful 2022, the 2024 figures correspond an wide summation of astir 8.2%.
Telangana unsocial accounted for astir 20% of each quality trafficking cases registered crossed India successful 2024. Nationally, 2,135 quality trafficking cases were recorded during the year.
The information besides highlighted the illustration of victims rescued oregon identified successful trafficking cases successful Telangana. A bulk of the victims, 765 retired of 814, were adults supra 18 years of age, portion 49 victims were minors beneath 18 years. Women accounted for an overwhelming bulk of victims. Of the full 814 victims identified successful Telangana, 792 were females.
The NCRB figures further showed that “sexual exploitation for prostitution” remained the ascendant motive down trafficking successful the State, linked to 770 victims. Forced labour was linked to 17 victims.
Telangana besides recorded a trafficking transgression complaint of 1.1 cases per lakh colonisation successful 2024, the highest successful the state and importantly supra the nationalist mean of 0.2. The State’s charge-sheeting complaint stood astatine 99%, higher than the nationalist mean of 90.8%.
