Pune Police have registered a case against seven people after a 28-year-old Nagpur woman said she was trafficked to Portugal and sold for sexual exploitation. India Today reports she paid Rs 11…
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Pune Police have registered a case against seven people after a 28-year-old Nagpur woman said she was trafficked to Portugal and sold for sexual exploitation. India Today reports she paid Rs 11 lakh to a Pune agency, We Migrate, which promised a supermarket job with a Rs 1.5 lakh monthly salary. Instead, she was taken to Odemira, made to work at a beer shop, and told she had been purchased. She escaped on June 29 and returned to India via Lisbon, Madrid and Doha.
The accused include four based in Pune and three in Portugal. The woman said her passport was taken and she was confined for two days. She also alleged the agency demanded another Rs 3 lakh after her return for a job in Malta.
The Indian Opinion
This case exposes the dark underbelly of unregulated overseas recruitment agencies. While it is easy to blame the victim for trusting an Instagram page, the real fault lies with the lack of oversight. The promise of a Rs 1.5 lakh salary in Europe is clearly unrealistic, yet such frauds thrive. The question is: how many such agencies are still operating from Pune's Phoenix Marketcity, and what will it take for enforcement to catch up?
Source: indiatoday.in
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