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India investigates suspected human trafficking after 276 citizens return home

  • December 27, 2023
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India is investigating how 303 Indians ended up on a charter flight that was detained in France last week on suspicion of human trafficking.This was reported on Wednesday

India investigates suspected human trafficking after 276 citizens return home

India is investigating how 303 Indians ended up on a charter flight that was detained in France last week on suspicion of human trafficking.This was reported on Wednesday by authorities in the western state of Gujarat.

French authorities on Friday prevented the plane from flying to its destination, Nicaragua, during a refueling stop at Vatry airport, according to an anonymous whistleblower. The plane took off from the United Arab Emirates with 11 unaccompanied minors among its passengers, 276 of whom returned to India on Tuesday..

Many Indians on board They came from Gujarataccording to authorities.

Sanjay Kharat, a senior Gujarat police official, said authorities had obtained the names and addresses of 21 people from the state involved in the flight and that investigators were trying to determine who facilitated their trip.

The flight was operated by the company Romanian company Legend Airlines. His lawyer Liliana Bakayoko did not want to name the client who chartered the plane, citing the confidentiality of the contract.

French authorities placed two of the passengers on “assistant witness” status following an investigation into their alleged human trafficking, while another 25 remained in France to seek asylum. In France, the status of “assistant witness” is an intermediate status between that of a witness and that of an accused.

The plane was detained in France a day after the U.S. State Department said it would impose visa restrictions on people on migrant charter flights heading to Nicaragua and then heading to the U.S.-Mexico border.

According to US Customs and Border Protection, The number of Indians caught trying to enter the United States illegally has tripled in the past three years.. Between October 2022 and September 2023, US authorities detained 96,917 Indians, up from 30,662 three years earlier.

Reuters

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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