ANTI – HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MIZORAM

By:

Joseph Lalchhuana

SSP CID Crime, Mizoram.

MIZORAM AT A GLANCEMIZORAM AT A GLANCEMIZORAM AT A GLANCEMIZORAM AT A GLANCE

Area - 21,081 Sq. Kms.

Population - 8,88,573 (2001)

Male - 4,59,109

Female - 4,29,464

Literacy Rate - 88.8%

Language - Mizo & English

No. of Districts - 8 DistrictsNo. of Districts - 8 Districts

Neighboring Country - Bangladesh &

Myanmar

Neighboring State - Manipur, Assam,

Tripura

Length of International

Border - 722 Kms.

� Porous International border with Bangladesh and Myanmar.

� Same ethnic group with people living in Myanmar border.

� Myanmarese infiltrated and work as

EMERGING TREND OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MIZORAM

� Myanmarese infiltrated and work as domestic servant, commercial sex workers, drugs peddlers etc.

� Manpower agencies started recruiting Mizo youth with a promise to give a decent job outside the state and abroad.

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNITS MIZORAM

AHTU AIZAWL DISTRICTAHTU AIZAWL DISTRICTAHTU AIZAWL DISTRICTAHTU AIZAWL DISTRICT

� Addl. SP - 1

AHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICTAHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICTAHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICTAHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICT

� Dy. SP - 1

STATE NODAL UNIT: CID (CRIME), MIZORAMSTATE NODAL UNIT: CID (CRIME), MIZORAMSTATE NODAL UNIT: CID (CRIME), MIZORAMSTATE NODAL UNIT: CID (CRIME), MIZORAM

� Addl. SP - 1

� Inspector - 1

� S.I. - 5

� Dy. SP - 1

� Inspector - 1

� S.I. - 2

� ASI. - 1

** The AHTUs are accommodated in the City/Town Sadar

Police Station. Cases are registered in the main PS and

Investigations are taken up by AHTU Officers

ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNITS MIZORAM

AHTU AIZAWL DISTRICTAHTU AIZAWL DISTRICTAHTU AIZAWL DISTRICTAHTU AIZAWL DISTRICT

� LMV - 1

� 2 Wheeler - 1

AHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICTAHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICTAHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICTAHTU LUNGLEI DISTRICT

� LMV - 1

2 Wheeler - 1

LOGISTICS:LOGISTICS:LOGISTICS:LOGISTICS:

� 2 Wheeler - 1

� Camera - 1

� Mobile Phones - 2

� Furnitures

� Landline Telephone

� Broadband Internet

� 2 Wheeler - 1

� Camera - 1

� Mobile Phones - 2

� Furnitures

� Landline Telephone

� Broadband Internet

� Formulation of Plans and strategies� Maintain liaison with Central Agencies and NGOs dealing with Human Trafficking

� Monitoring of District Anti-Human Trafficking Units

� Supervision of District Anti-Human � Supervision of District Anti-Human Trafficking Units

� Collection of data relating to Human Trafficking� Furnishing of Trafficking related data to CBI� State level Training on Human Trafficking� Co-ordination and Network with Govt. and NGOs dealing with Human Trafficking

� Lack of Awareness in Human Trafficking

amongst Public and Police Officers

Constraints of manpower� Constraints of manpower

� Inadequate Infrastructure

� Use of Mobile Technology and Internet as a tool to locate and connect victims

� Spreading Awareness by using Mobile TechnologyTechnology

� Better co-ordinated action against traffickers through sharing of information via Internet and Mobile Phones.

� Data entry only in one form

� Other service forms populated by the systemfrom initial data & subsequent updatesenteredentered

� Automatic consolidation & mapping ofreports to case/complaint ID

� Updation of oral evidences

� Integration with other agencies

� Updation of inquest details through system

� Develop mechanism for sharing of data with other States

� Automatic marking of Crime Prone areas by system based on FIR database

� Automation of Jail system an other external agencies

� In the month of Aug-Sept 2010 four mizo girls were recruited to work in a Beauty Salon in Goa.

� They were recruited by One mizo girl and Manipur boy.

� They reach Goa on 4.9.2010. and started working at Lotus Classic Parlour Goa as Masseur.

CASE STUDY 1:

Lotus Classic Parlour Goa as Masseur.

� Their customers started requesting indecent massage.

� The Parlour was only the front face of a flesh trade.

� The four Mizo girls contacted one mizo boy who is working in a reputed hotel in Goa.

� The Mizo boy rescued three of them and hide them in a safe place.

� FIR was lodged at Bawngkawn PS, Aizawl Case No. 388/10 Dt .8.10.2010 u/s 5(1)(c) Prevention of Immoral Traffic Act and in Goa under ITP Act.

� Goa Women PS Panaji Case No. 3/2010 Date:9.10.2010 u/s 3,4,5,6 & 7 of ITP Act & 8 of Goa Children Act 2003.

CASE STUDY 1 : (Contd…)

� Goa Police with the support of NGOs rescued one mizo and seven Naga girls from the Parlour.

� The rescued girls were kept in Goa State Protective Home.

� Police party along with Social Workers of CHAN, Mizoram were sent to Goa to retrieve the girls and unite them with their families in Mizoram.

� During the month of March, 2010 one mizo girl aged 14 years was recruited by one Myanmarese lady to undergo Beautician Training at Guwahati.

� The girl left her home without the consent of her parents/relatives.

� Her relatives contacted the Myanmarese lady but she refused to send the girl back to her relatives.

CASE STUDY 2

refused to send the girl back to her relatives.

� FIR was lodged at Vaivakawn PS during the month of May 2010.

� A case was registered u/s 363 IPC r/w 6(a) PP Rules.

� Police party was sent to Guwahati to search for the girl.

� The party with the help of Assam Police rescued the girl from Ulubari, Guwahati and arrested the accused.

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