Mumbai, April 13 (ANI): Police arrested at least 30 persons including 14 young girls suspected to be involved in prostitution during a bar raid in Mumbai on.
A senior police official shared details of raid with the mediapersons.
"Around 30 people have been arrested including 14 bar girls, six waiters, six customers, two managers and one conductor. The owner has also been detained. Also, currency worth rupees 82,000 has also been recovered," said Firoz Patel, Assistant Commissioner of Police.
The bustling business and entertainment capital Mumbai is a popular source, transit and destination station for traffic in women and girls.
Acting on a tip off the raid was conducted at the 'Sangam Bar' after local police received information about a large number of bar girls and prostitution being practiced at the bar.
Customers and owners along with bar girls were caught red handed during a surprise inspection by policemen dressed as civilians.
Meanwhile, South Asia is the second largest venue for human trafficking in the world, after East Asia, according to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Over 150,000 people are known to be trafficked within the region every year - mostly for sex work, but also for labour, forced marriages and as part of the organ trade, according to UNODC officials.
Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing transnational organised crimes in South Asia.
Traffickers often take advantage of impoverished communities, luring girls and young women with promises of jobs as maids or nannies in wealthy households in the cities. But, activists say, the reality is very different. (ANI)
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