Young people lured with promise of jobs

HYDERABAD: Many youths have in the recent past fallen prey to scammers with promises of well-paying jobs abroad and are forced to work with cybercriminals in Southeast Asian countries. While the crime would be considered as labour fraud, it would also fall under transnational human trafficking, where an individual is illegally brought into another country for the purpose of exploitation.

There are several emerging trends in human trafficking that are emerging in today’s digital age. To discuss these trends and the strategies to combat them, a panel of as many as 15 speakers came together at the National Level Technical Consultation on Human Trafficking in Hyderabad on Thursday.

The seminar, which continues on Friday, is an initiative of the Women Safety Wing of the Telangana Police in collaboration with the International Justice Mission.

Minister for Women and Child Welfare Dansari Anasuya (Seethakka) led the seminar as the guest of honour on Thursday, where she stressed the importance of sensitising young students on how to respect women.

Panellists, most of whom are from law enforcement agencies, bureaucracy and the judicial system, discussed how traffickers are finding new ways to target their victims. They felt that strict action should be taken by all authorities concerned. DGP Shikha Goel said that Telangana has rescued 62,000 children from traffickers in the last decade.