Human Trafficking and Terror Recruitment

Human trafficking is not only a grave human rights violation but also a national security concern, as organised crime networks intersect with extremist groups for recruitment, logistics, and financing. India’s location along major transit routes heightens this risk.

Organised Crime Linkages

  • Criminal-Terror Nexus: Trafficking syndicates overlap with networks involved in narcotics, arms smuggling, and document forgery, enabling covert movement of persons.
  • Transit and Safe-House Infrastructure: Established routes across porous borders (India-Nepal, India-Bangladesh, India-Myanmar) provide channels for clandestine movement.
  • Financial Flows: Proceeds from trafficking contribute to illicit funding pools, intersecting with terror financing streams (NDPS/PMLA-linked investigations).

Trafficking as a ....

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