Database on human traffickers to be prepared :Rajnath Singh

Inaugurating the national conference on human trafficking, Singh termed said it is a borderless organised crime, saying no civilised society can bear this inhuman practice.

He said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has put in place an effective mechanism and some remarkable achievements have been made to check this menace.
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MHA is working on a revised scheme to strengthen the Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) with the cooperation of the various State Governments, he added.

Underlining the role of various stakeholders including the NGOs especially in the rehabilitation of rescued victims, Singh said it is equally essential to have a nodal coordinating agency for the purpose and the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project will also prepare a database on criminals engaged in human trafficking.

Singh, who said  India alone is not a victim of human trafficking as it is a global phenomena, cited a recent report of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime,

He said figures on South Asia are startling with more than 1.5 lakh people reported as victims in a single year."It is shocking that young girls are sexually exploited, children are subjected to amputation, people are sold like cattle stock and bonded labour is still rampant."

The minister said India has recently signed an MoU with Bangladesh to check human trafficking and share information on perpetrating agencies or individuals. Shri Rajnath Singh hoped a similar agreement could be signed with Nepal.

On the occasion, the Union Home Minister gave away awards to the top performers of Operation Smile from States and Union Territories. Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Shri V. Somasundaram, Director CBI, Shri Anil Kumar Sinha and senior officials of MHA and MWCD were present.