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Major human trafficking gang racket busted in Hyderabad; 18 organisers held

Hyderabad, Dec 6 (UNI) The Cyberabad police has busted a human trafficking gang racket by arresting 18 organisers who allegedly trafficked more than 14,000 victims for prostitution , use of drugs like MDMA and other criminal acts.
All the human traffickers, who were arrested from different parts of the country under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956, procured women from different places across India, mainly from West Bengal and Karnataka, besides from Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Russia, Cyberabad police said here on Tuesday.
The offenders procured women and posted advertisements on websites, contacted customers through call centers and WhatsApp, and facilitate customers to reach the victims and indulged in prostitution in different hotels rooms and collected money, Cyberabad Police Commissioner M.Stephen Raveendra said.
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