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Ghislaine Maxwell guilty in Epstein sex trafficking trial; a look at the case and what it's about
Fp Staff •The verdict comes more than two years after Epstein took his own life while in jail awaiting trial on charges including conspiracy to traffic underage girls for sex.
Ghislaine Maxwell sex crimes trial: Jeffrey Epstein aide convicted; to face another criminal trial for perjury
•With the maximum prison terms for each charge ranging from five to 40 years in prison, Maxwell faces the likelihood of years behind bars
Iranian boat with huge stock of heroin apprehended off Gujarat coast; seven arrested
•The boat carried an estimated 30 to 50 kg of the drug, which could be worth about Rs 150 to Rs 250 crore in the international markets as per officials
What a century-old sex trafficking case in New Zealand reveals about modern exploitation and justice
•We’ve all read stories of women who were coerced and abused in the sex industry. They pepper our newspapers, televisions and films – and Lydia Harvey’s story is no different. She was abused, confined against her will and never saw a penny of the money she earned selling sex.
Most trafficking survivors unaware they're eligible for compensation; authorities must proactively ensure rehabilitation, legal aid
Roop Sen •According to a recent study by anti-trafficking NGO Sanjog, only 77 survivors of human trafficking have received compensation from 2011 to 2019.
Survivors of sex-trafficking in Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata show how women sold off as slaves are helping others caught in same web
Ismat Ara •According to the statistics of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, 19,223 women and children were trafficked in 2016 alone
Underage girls for sale in Hyderabad: First as a bride, then a sex slave as part of 'contract marriage' racket in city
Ismat Ara •A contract marriage is a prevalent practice in the city involving agents and Gulf nationals, who arrive in India on a visitor visa
The Borderlands: Hope and loss in a river and shelter homes at India-Bangladesh frontier
Suryasarathibhattacharya •In Part 2 of The Borderlands series, filmmaker Samarth Mahajan and his crew travel to the India-Bangladesh frontier to discover how a river serves as both a border and place to meet and fall in love. Here the No Man's Land is owned by individuals, and those who cross into India from Bangladesh are repatriated — a long, arduous process that comes at personal cost.
Unsafe in border districts, sexually harassed and discriminated elsewhere, status of Indian women remain dismal, claims RSS report
Debobrat Ghose •According to a report on the status of Indian women, published by an NGO associated with the RSS, there’s a glaring disparity in wages between male and female workers in India with the unemployment rate higher among women between 18 and 30 years
Deoria shelter home rape: CBI takes over investigation into exploitation of minors in Uttar Pradesh, say officials
•The CBI has taken over the investigation into the alleged sexual exploitation of minor girls in a shelter home in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Friday.