KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 17One thousand six hundred and seventy-nine persons who had fallen prey to human trafficking have been rescued from various countries, including Nepal, in the last five years. Seven Nepali children rescued from India EDITORIAL: Human trafficking Nepal Police, Human Trafficking Investigation Bureau said this many victims of human trafficking were rescued from fiscal year 2019/20 to 2023/24.Bureau Chief, Senior Superintendent of Police Jeevan Kumar Shrestha said among those rescued, 1,134 were rescued by the police offices in various districts.

Five hundred and forty-four persons were rescued at the initiatives of the Bureau alone. One thousand and seventy-eight among those rescued are women and 605 are men.

Shrestha said 214 people who were the victims of human trafficking were rescued in fiscal year 2022/23 while 336 were rescued in fiscal year 2023/24.As he said the incidences of trafficking in persons are increasing in the name of foreign employment. .

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