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Chapter-6A
Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a group of
crimes involving the exploitation of
men, women and children for financial
gains which is violation of
fundamental human rights. Victims
are lured or abducted from their
homes and subsequently forced to
work against their wish through
various means in various
establishments, indulge in prostitution
or subjected to various types of
indignities and even killed or
incapacitated for the purposes of
begging and trade in human organs.

This Bureau is collecting data
under the following heads of crime
which are related to human trafficking.
IPC Crimes
i) Procuration of minor girls
(section 366-A IPC)
ii) Importation of girls from foreign
country ((Sec. 366-B IPC)
iii) Selling of girls for prostitution
(Section-372 IPC)
iv) Buying of girls for prostitution
(Section -373 IPC)
SLL Crimes
i) Immoral Trafficking (Prevention)
Act 1956
ii) Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,
2006.

Cases under following
legislations also form part of offences
under human trafficking but NCRB is
not collecting data specifically relating
to these acts.

i) Bonded Labour System
(Abolition) Act 1976
ii) Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act 2000
iii) Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Act 1986
iv) Transplantation of Human
Organs Act 1994.

Reported Incidents of crime
(Incidence: 3,940)

A total of 3,940 incidents of
crimes under various provisions of
laws (for which data is being collected
for this report) relating to human
trafficking were reported in the country
during the year 2013 as compared to
3,554 during the year 2012 recording
an increase of 10.9% during the year
2013.

Trend of incidents of human
trafficking during 2009 - 2013


A trend line of incidents of
human trafficking is showing a steady
rising during 2009 2013. From 2,848
cases relating to human trafficking
reported during 2009, it rose to 3,422
cases in 2010. It further rose to 3,517
cases in 2011, 3,554 cases in 2012
and 3,940 cases in 2013.
Crime Rate


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(Crime rate: 0.3)

Crime rate remained same
during the year 2013 as compared to
the year 2012.

Trend Analysis

The crime head-wise details of
reported crimes during 2009 to 2013
along with percentage variation in the
year 2013 over 2012 are presented in
Table-6A(A). The crime under
human trafficking during the year
2013 has increased by 38.3% over
2009.

Importation of Girls from foreign
country (Sec. 366-B IPC)
(Incidence: 31)

A decline of 47.5% has been
observed in such cases as 31 cases
were reported during the year 2013 as
compared to 59 cases in the previous
year (2012). West Bengal (9 cases),
Bihar and Madhya Pradesh (7 cases
each) together accounting for nearly
two-third (74.2%) of total such cases
at the national level.

Procuration of minor Girls (Sec.
366A IPC)
(Incidence: 1,224)

A total of 1,224 cases were
reported in the year 2013 as
compared to 809 such cases in
2012, showing an increase of 51.3%
over 2012. West Bengal has
reported 486 such cases indicating a
share of 39.7% at the national level
followed by Bihar (193 cases)
(15.8%) and Assam (129 cases)
(10.5%). A mixed trend was
observed in these cases during the
last four years. Details are given in
Table 6A(A) and Table 6A(C).

Selling of Girls for Prostitution
(Sec. 372 IPC)
(Incidence: 100)

100 cases of selling of girls
for prostitution were reported in the
country during 2013 against 108
such cases in 2012, thus indicating a
decrease of 7.4% over 2012. West
Bengal has accounted for 69.0% (69
cases out of 100 cases) of the total
cases of selling of girls for
prostitution reported in the country.

Buying of Girls for Prostitution
(Sec. 373 IPC)
(Incidence: 6)

6 cases of buying of girls for
prostitution were reported in the
country during the year 2013. This
indicates a 60.0% decrease in the
incidence over 2012 when 15 cases
were reported in the country.
Jharkhand and Maharashtra (2 cases
each) together accounted for 66.7%
cases reported in the country.

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act,
1956
(Incidence: 2,579 Rate: 0.2)

Cases under this Act have
registered an increase of 0.6% during
the year 2013 as compared to the
previous year (2,563 cases). 21.3%
(549 cases out of 2,579 cases) of
such cases were reported in Tamil
Nadu while Andhra Pradesh has
accounted for 19.0% (489 out of
2,579 cases) of such cases. Among
UTs, Delhi has reported the highest
number of such cases (20 out of
2,579 cases).
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Table-6A(A)

Crime head-wise incidence of various crimes under human trafficking during 2009
- 2013 and percentage variation in 2013 over 2012

Sl.
No.
Crime head
Year
Percentage
variation in
2013 over
2012
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

1.
Procuration of minor girls (Sec. 366-A
IPC)
237 679 862 809 1,224 51.3
2.
Importation of girls from foreign
country (Sec. 366-B IPC)
48 36 80 59 31 -47.5
3.
Selling of girls for prostitution (Sec.
372 IPC)
57 130 113 108 100 -7.4
4.
Buying of girls for prostitution (Sec.
373 IPC)
32 78 27 15 6 -60.0
5.
Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act
1956
2,474 2,499 2,435 2,563 2,579 0.6
Total 2,848 3,422 3,517 3,554 3,940 10.9


The total number of cases
registered under these heads of
human trafficking has shown an
increasing trend during the last 5
years. Details may be seen at
Table-6A(B).
States/UTs wise cases registered
during 2012 are given at Table
6A(C).



Table-6A(B)
IPC crimes, SLL crimes and crimes under human trafficking
during 2009 2013

Sl.
No.
Year Total IPC
crimes
Total SLL
crimes
Cases under
human
trafficking
Rate of crime
under human
trafficking
1. 2009 21,21,345 45,53,872 2,848 0.2
2. 2010 22,24,831 45,25,917 3,422 0.3
3. 2011 23,25,575 39,27,154 3,517 0.3
4. 2012 23,87,188 36,54,371 3,554 0.3
5. 2013 26,47,722 39,92,656 3,940 0.3


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Table 6A(C)
Cases registered under human trafficking during 2013

Sl.
No.
State / UT Buying of girls
for prostitution
Selling of
girls for
prostitution
Procuration of
minor girls
Importation
of girls
Immoral
Trafficking
(Prevention)
Act, 1956
Total
1 Andhra Pradesh 0 2 40 0 489 531
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 2 2
3 Assam 0 0 129 2 18 149
4 Bihar 0 3 193 7 64 267
5 Chhattisgarh 0 0 44 1 8 53
6 Goa 0 0 0 0 28 28
7 Gujarat 0 2 0 0 76 78
8 Haryana 0 2 0 2 63 67
9 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 1 0 4 5
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 1 0 1 2
11 Jharkhand 2 5 17 2 11 37
12 Karnataka 0 1 71 0 340 412
13 Kerala 0 0 15 0 180 195
14 Madhya Pradesh 0 3 21 7 22 53
15 Maharashtra 2 13 41 0 289 345
16 Manipur 0 0 22 0 0 22
17 Meghalaya 0 0 8 0 4 12
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 1 1
20 Odisha 0 0 79 0 27 106
21 Punjab 0 0 1 0 137 138
22 Rajasthan 1 0 54 1 74 130
23 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 549 549
25 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Uttar Pradesh 0 0 0 0 37 37
27 Uttarakhand 0 0 1 0 13 14
28 West Bengal 1 69 486 9 104 669
Total (States) 6 100 1,224 31 2,541 3,902
29 A & N Islands 0 0 0 0 4 4
30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 6 6
31 D & N Haveli 0 0 0 0 2 2
32 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 6 6
33 Delhi 0 0 0 0 20 20
34 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total (UTs) 0 0 0 0 38 38
Total (All-India) 6 100 1,224 31 2,579 3,940