Washington: An Indian has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment on charges of trafficking immigrants from India into the United States, the Department of Justice said. Kaushik Jayantibhai Thakkar, 33, along with Brazilian national Fabiano Augusto Amorim were sentenced on Friday to serve 36 months in prison for their roles in smuggling undocumented migrants to the US for private financial gain, the Acting Assistant US Attorney General Mythili Raman said.
In addition to their prison terms, Thakkar and Amorim were sentenced to serve two years of supervised release, as per the order of the US District Judge Ewing Werlein in Southern District of Texas. On December 2, 2012, and January 4, 2013, respectively, Thakkar and Amorim each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to bring undocumented migrants into the US for profit and to one count of unlawfully bringing two undocumented migrants into the United States for profit. They worked together and with other co-conspirators to smuggle individuals from India into the United States, according to court documents.
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06:27 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said Enforcement Directorate should be extremely careful while choosing cases for prosecution under the money laundering law and focus its energies on important ones. "A word of caution is necessary. We must be extremely selective in deciding which cases to prosecute under the money laundering law. Otherwise, we will be overwhelmed with cases that we would be required to prosecute," he said...
04:32 PM, May 01, 2013
Berhampore: A man and his aide were arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing his 10-year-old daughter when she protested his attempts to sell her at Jalangi in Murshidabad district. "Bablu Ghosh and his aide were arrested for strangulating his daughter Rinki Ghosh. Rinki was a student of class-III. Local villagers informed the police on Sunday morning after finding the body on the side of a pond at Chak Chaitanghoshpara village,"...
06:10 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Saturday said they have cracked an "international cartel" of drugs and fake currency dealers, arresting seven Nigerians and a Burmese woman. "The arrested include a Nigerian couple and a pastor, along with four other Nigerians and a Myanmarese woman," said Sanjeev Yadav, deputy commissioner of police (Special Cell). The group was also involved in human trafficking using fake passports, Yadav said. Police recovered 1.450 kg...
05:10 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Mysore: Ten girls from West Bengal and Bangladesh, including two minors, have been rescued from a sex racket in Mysore. The CID's anti-trafficking squad raided a motel after getting a tip off by an NGO. The police said that the hotel seems to have been built specifically for such a racket with secret rooms and hideouts and an alarm system to alert girls to take shelter in case of a...
07:12 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Sunitha Krishnan is a gangrape survivor, but that is not why she is a real hero. Sunitha is a real hero for many reasons. The work and efforts she has put in helping women and children who faced exploitation in the past, forget their tragedy and move forward is exemplary. Sunitha started anti-trafficking organisation Prajwala and since then she is rescuing brothels across the country. ...
01:10 PM, Mar 10, 2013
In the wake of the brutal Delhi gangrape and massive outpouring of public anger, the Justice Verma Committee was formed to look into amendments in criminal law. But it also highlighted one of the biggest problems of the country - the missing children of India. "A lakh kids go missing every year. The police must file an FIR, DM should maintain records," Justice JS Verma said. ...
08:56 AM, Feb 04, 2013
An 11-year-old girl was 'sold' for Rs.6.5 lakh by her mother in Rajasthan, police said Friday. ...
10:59 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Border Security Force has identified specific spots along Bangladesh and Pakistan borders used for illegal migration and human trafficking and deployed additional manpower and special surveillance equipment at these places, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Mapping of Indo-Pak and Indo-Bangladesh borders is being carried out to identify the spots vulnerable to crimes like illegal migration, human trafficking and smuggling, Minister of State Home Mullappally Ramachandran said in written...
05:27 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Inside the crumbling housing estates of Shivaji Enclave, amid the boys playing cricket and housewives chatting from their balconies, winding staircases lead to places where lies a darker side to India's economic boom. ...
10:12 AM, Dec 04, 2012
An Indian national has pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking immigrants from India into the United States, federal authorities said. Kaushik Jayantibhai Thakkar faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $ 500,000. His sentencing is scheduled for February 22, 2013. ...
10:04 AM, Dec 04, 2012
Victims of rape, targeted acid attacks and human trafficking in Goa will be eligible for up to Rs 10 lakh as compensation, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Thursday. ...
10:12 AM, Nov 29, 2012
A Jet Airways employee, a Delhi police officer and an immigration officer have been chargesheeted for allegedly running a "human trafficking" racket. The Special Cell of police filed the chargesheet in a court against Immigration officer Chaman Azhar, Jet Airways staff Manoj Sarpal and police sub-inspector Naveen Chandra alias Rajiv, indicting them for allegedly facilitating travel of passengers on forged passports and immigration stamps. ...
07:35 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Bangalore: A chance raid by the police saved 15-year-old Bangladeshi girls. They had been doped and transported from their homes to Bangalore in mid-August to be sold to brothels. One of the victims said, "They got me cake and a bottle of water and I was sleeping all the way to Bangalore." Another victim of trafficking said, "They used to beat me a lot to get me to do bad...
08:06 AM, Oct 20, 2012
Mumbai: In his long career, Satish Kaushik has played it all, but never before has he played a rapist. In Nagesh Kukunooor's 'Laxmi', about human trafficking, he is cast as a slimeball who rapes and forces a 20-year-old girl into prostitution. The victim is played by Monali Thakur who was one of the finalists on season two of 'Indian Idol'. She later gained popularity as a playback singer when she...
02:54 PM, Oct 08, 2012
Patna: A teenaged girl saved herself and another girl from the clutches of human traffickers in the Bihar capital after she sensed trouble, thanks to scenes she recalled from her favourite Hindi TV serial on crime investigation, police said on Friday. Police arrested Mohd Shahjahan and his wife Suman on Thursday on charges of human trafficking and recovered the two girls from their clutches. "I saved myself and another girl...
07:02 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Bulandshahr: An orphan girl was allegedly sold for Rs 50,000 by one of her friends in Aligarh district, police said. The girl, who belonged to Tanda area in Bulandshahr, was taken to Aligarh by her classmate with the help of some of her accomplices on July 20, Superintendent of Police, Bulandshahr, Srikant Yadav said. The girl was sold for Rs 50,000 in Aligarh, the SP said. A case was registered...
10:56 PM, Aug 03, 2012
London: Four NRIs and two Ghana citizens of Indian origin, who were charged by Scotland Yard on May 18 for allegedly trafficking an Indian woman from Hyderabad for sex, will now face trial in October. The six London-based individuals were produced before the Westminster Magistrates Court last week and no pleas were entered. Magistrates deemed the offences so serious that they sent the case for trial to Southwark Crown Court...
06:20 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Kollam: Over 150 Sri Lankan refugees have been detained from a boat near the Kollam coast. The refugees include 19 women and 22 children. The police say they paid between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to an agent who promised to take them to Australia but brought them to India instead allegedly for trafficking. The agent is now absconding along with the boat's driver and a helper. All...
09:38 AM, Jun 04, 2012
London: Scotland Yard on Friday charged four Indian citizens and two Ghana citizens of Indian-origin all based in London for allegedly trafficking a woman from Hyderabad for sex. Official sources confirmed that four of the suspects were Indian citizens while two were Ghana citizens of Indian-origin. The six suspects include a computer professional, an optician, a butcher, a supermarket manager and a secretary, they said. The four Indians are "...
10:18 PM, May 18, 2012
