HUMAN TRAFFICKING - National Crime Records Bureau

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 wishes 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 ((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) Child Marriage Restraint Act,
1929.
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)
(iii)
Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act
2000
Child Labour (Prohibition and
Regulation) Act 1986
(iv) Transplantation of Human
Organs Act 1994.
Reported Incidents of crime
(Incidence…3,517)
A total of 3,517 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 2011 as compared to
3,422 during the year 2010 recording
an increase of 2.8% during the year
2011. 3,991 cases relating to human
trafficking were reported during 2007
as compared to 3,029 and 2,848
cases reported in 2008 and 2009
respectively.
Crime Rate
(Crime rate… 0.3)
No change in crime rate was
observed during the year 2011 as
compare to the year 2010.
Trend Analysis
The crime head-wise details of
reported crimes during 2007 to 2011
along with percentage variation in the
year 2011 over 2010 are presented in
Table-6A(A). The crime under
human trafficking during the year
2011 has decreased by 11.9% over
2007.
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Importation of Girls (Sec. 366-B
IPC)
(Incidence…80)
An increase of 122.2% has
been observed in such cases as 80
cases were reported during the year
2011 as compared to 36 cases in the
previous year (2010). Madhya Pradesh
(45 cases), Karnataka (12 cases) and Bihar (10
cases) altogether accounting for more than twothird
(83.4%) of total such cases at the National
level.
Procuration of Minor Girls
(Sec. 366A IPC)
(Incidence…862)
862 cases were reported in
the year 2011 as compared to 679
such cases in 2010, accounting for
27.0% increase over 2010. West
Bengal has reported 298 such cases
indicating a share of 34.6% at
National level followed by Bihar (183
cases) (21.2%) and Assam (142
cases)(16.5%). An increasing trend
was observed in these cases during
the last four years. Details are given
in Table 6A(C).
Selling of Girls for Prostitution
(Sec. 372 IPC)
(Incidence…113)
113 cases of ‘Selling of Girls
for Prostitution’ were reported in the
country during 2011 against 130
such cases in 2010, thereby
indicating a decrease of 13.1% over
2010.
West Bengal has accounted for 77.0% (87 cases
out of 113 cases) of the total cases of ‘Selling
of Girls for Prostitution' reported in the
country.
Buying of Girls for Prostitution
(Sec. 373 IPC)
(Incidence…27)
27 cases of ‘Buying of Girls
for Prostitution’ were reported in the
country during the year 2011. This
indicates a 65.4% decrease in the
incidence over 2010 when 78 cases
were reported in the country. 74.1%
cases were reported in Maharashtra alone (20
out of 27 cases).
Immoral Traffic (Prevention)
Act 1956
(Incidence…2,435
Rate…0.2)
Cases under this Act have
registered a decrease of 28.4% during
the year 2011 as compared to the
previous year (3,422 cases). 20.4%
(497) cases were reported from Andhra Pradesh
while Tamil Nadu has accounted for 17.2%
(420) cases. Daman & Diu reported the highest
crime rate of 2.5 as compared to the National
average of 0.2.
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Human Trafficking: Incidence of various crime during 2007-2011
FIGURE 6.1A
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
YEAR
Buying of girls for Prostitution (Sec. 373 IPC) Procuration of Minor girls (Sec. 366-A) Importation of girls (Sec. 366-B IPC)
Selling of girls for Prostitution (Sec. 372 IPC) Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act 1956

Human Trafficking:
Percentage distribution during 2011
Buying of Girls for
Prostitution
0.8%
Immoral Trafficking
(Prevention) Act 1956
69.2%
FIGURE 6.2A
Procuration of
Minor girls
24.5%
Importation of Girls
2.3%
Selling of Girls for
Prostitution
3.2%

Table-6A(A)
Crime head-wise incidence of various crimes under Human Trafficking during 2007 - 2011
and percentage variation in 2011 over 2010
Sl.
No.
Crime Head
Year
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Percentage
variation in
2011 over
2010
1.
Procuration of Minor Girls (Sec. 366-A
IPC)
253 224 237 679 862 27.0
2. Importation of Girls (Sec. 366-B IPC) 61 67 48 36 80 122.2
3.
4.
5.
Selling of Girls for Prostitution (Sec. 372
IPC)
Buying of Girls for Prostitution (Sec. 373
IPC)
Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act
1956
69 49 57 130 113 -13.1
40 30 32 78 27 -65.4
3,568 2,659 2,474 2,499 2,435 -2.6
Total 3,991 3,029 2,848 3,422 3,517 2.8
The total number of cases
registered under these heads of
human trafficking has shown a
mixed trend during the last 5
years. Details may be seen at
Table-6A(B).
States/UTs wise cases registered
during 2011 are given at Table
6A(C).
Table-6A(B)
IPC crimes, SLL crimes and crimes under Human Trafficking during 2007 - 2011
Sl.
No.
Year
Total IPC
Crimes
Total SLL
Crimes
Cases under
Human Trafficking
Rate of Crime
under Human
Trafficking
1. 2007 19,89,673 37,43,734 3,991 0.4
2. 2008 20,93,379 38,44,725 3,029 0.3
3. 2009 21,21,345 45,53,872 2,848 0.2
4. 2010 22,24,831 45,25,917 3,422 0.3
5. 2011 23,25,575 39,27,154 3,517 0.3
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Table 6A(C)
Cases Registered Under Human Trafficking During 2011
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 2 106 0 497 605
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Assam 0 0 142 2 21 165
4 Bihar 1 1 183 10 23 218
5 Chhattisgarh 0 1 15 2 15 33
6 Goa 0 0 0 0 18 18
7 Gujarat 0 0 4 0 46 50
8 Haryana 2 2 0 0 57 61
9 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 3 0 2 5
10 Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0 0 1 1
11 Jharkhand 1 6 15 6 15 43
12 Karnataka 0 1 8 12 351 372
13 Kerala 0 0 9 0 197 206
14 Madhya Pradesh 2 3 20 45 24 94
15 Maharashtra 20 2 20 0 390 432
16 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Meghalaya 0 0 0 3 2 5
18 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 8 8
19 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 2 2
20 Odisha 0 0 12 0 23 35
21 Punjab 0 0 0 0 50 50
22 Rajasthan 0 2 19 0 81 102
23 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 1 1
24 Tamil Nadu 0 0 0 0 420 420
25 Tripura 0 0 5 0 2 7
26 Uttar Pradesh 1 4 0 0 43 48
27 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 0 3 3
28 West Bengal 0 87 298 0 96 481
Total (States) 27 111 859 80 2388 3465
29 A & N Islands 0 0 0 0 3 3
30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 1 1
31 D & N Haveli 0 0 0 0 1 1
32 Daman & Diu 0 0 0 0 6 6
33 Delhi 0 2 3 0 33 38
34 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 3 3
Total (UTs) 0 2 3 0 47 52
Total (All-India) 27 113 862 80 2435 3517
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