‘Conviction of human traffickers very low’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andhra Pradesh

Last Updated: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 20:45

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Hyderabad: Even though more number of human traffickers were being booked, the number of convictions secured has remained dismally low, a senior Home Ministry official said here on Saturday.

"More number of children and women are getting rescued from clutches of traffickers and the registration of cases in trafficking has seen a rise...but the trafficking convictions still remain dismally low," Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs B Bhamathi said today.

Addressing prosecuting officers of southern states at the Andhra Pradesh Police Academy here at a programme, she called upon the officers to consider themselves as important change agents and see that more convictions (for traffickers) are secured.