2022-07-04
PUNJAB - For years, the focus has been on men from Punjab who get trafficked to Europe, which is also colloquially known as Kabootar Baazi. This investigation by Journalismfund.eu's grantees reveal how Punjabi women are increasingly being trafficked by travel agents from India, but due to the social stigma, the state doesn’t have enough information about this growing menace.
In this first part of the investigation, the team documented Punjabi female survivors of trafficking who were promised better opportunities in Europe along with a safe legal passage. However, upon reaching Europe, most of them found their passports being confiscated on some pretext like safekeeping, and were later blackmailed and even faced sexual exploitation.
© Nicola Gobbi
Mentor
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€16.990 allocated on 16/04/2021ID
MSU/2021/008Grant
ONLINE
- She Thought a Job Was Waiting for Her in Europe. Then She Met Her Trafficker. VICE, 04/07/2022.
- 'Per loro sono una preda': lo sfruttamento nascosto delle donne indiane in Italia. VICE Italy, 20/07/2022.
- 'For Them I Am a Prey': The Hidden Exploitation of Punjabi Women in Italy. VICE.com, 12/08/2022
PRESS COVERAGE
- Human Trafficking Gangs Targetting Punjabi Women. Ground Report, 13/07/2022.
- ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੁੜੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਹੋ ਰਹੀ ਧੋਖਾਧੜੀ, ਜਿਨਸੀ ਸ਼ੋਸ਼ਣ ਦਾ ਵੀ ਹੋ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ (Girls of Punjab who go abroad are being cheated and sexually abused). Jagbani, 02/08/2022.
- बड़ा खुलासा: विदेश जाने वाली पंजाब की लड़कियों से धोखाधड़ी, मानव तस्करी और यौन शोषण का शिकार हो रहीं (Big disclosure: Punjab girls going abroad are being victims of fraud, human trafficking and sexual exploitation). Amarujala, 02/08/2022.
- मानव तस्करी और यौन शोषण का शिकार हो रहीं, विदेश जाने वाली पंजाब की लड़कियों से धोखाधड़ी (Victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, girls from Punjab going abroad cheated). Janta Se Rishta, 02/08/2022.
- ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ ਜਾਣ ਦੀਆਂ ਚਾਹਵਾਨ ਕੁੜੀਆਂ ਮਨੁੱਖੀ ਤਸਕਰੀ ਦਾ ਹੋ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ (Girls who want to go abroad are victims of human trafficking). Quomantry Amritsar Times, 02/08/2022.
- ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੁੜੀਆਂ ਹੋ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਜਿਨਸੀ ਸ਼ੋਸ਼ਣ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ (Punjabi girls going abroad are victims of sexual harassment). Daily Post India, 02/08/2022.
- पंजाबी लड़कियों से धोखाधड़ी (Cheating Punjabi girls). Daily Uttam Hindu, 02/08/2022.
- बड़ा खुलासा: विदेश जाने वाली पंजाब की लड़कियों से धोखाधड़ी, मानव तस्करी और यौन शोषण का शिकार हो रहीं (Big disclosure: Punjab girls going abroad are being victims of fraud, human trafficking and sexual exploitation). Punjab Media News, 02/08/2022.
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