Anti Human Trafficking Units in UP

Anti Human Trafficking Units in UP

The Anti Human Trafficking Units (AHTU) notified (971 KB) by the state government as police stations for the entire district for registration and investigation of all cases relating to the crime of human trafficking which would be in addition to the other police stations in the district.

Objectives of Anti Human Trafficking Units

• Take up the crusade against all Criminal aspects of the crime of human trafficking particularly in women and children
• Organize Training of Trainers at the National, State and District levels in law enforcement, legal, administrative and physiological aspect of the case.
• Centre to provide funding for ToT programmes.
• Developing a detailed database on the criminal activity of trafficking in humans by effective use of Information & Communication Technology.
• Create an Anti-Trafficking Portal to act as a knowledge repository as well as nodal point for all stakeholders
• Sharing of information across stakeholders, states and organizations for effective implementation of Anti-Human trafficking measures relating to its criminal aspect and promoting best practice in this area.
• Internet based Web Portal/ Databases • E-mails • Mobile Phones • NGOs • Help Lines
• Enhancing cooperation between law enforcement agencies, concerned government departments and NGOs who have the expertise and capacity to assist trafficked victims, and to institutionalizing this cooperation.
• Implement Standard Operating Procedure

Responsibilities for AHTUs

• Ensuring focused attention in dealing with offences of human trafficking and providing a multidisciplinary approach and a joint response by all stake holders
• Ensuring an 'organized crime' perspective in dealing with trafficking crimes.
• Bringing about inter-departmental collaboration among the police and all other government agencies and departments, such as women and child, labour, health, etc.
• Conducting rescue operations with the assistance of NGOs whenever they receive information about trafficking activities either from police sources, or NGOs or civil society,
• Ensuring a victim-centric approach which ensures the ‘best interest of the victim/ survivor’ and prevents ‘secondary victimization/ re-victimization’ of the victim
• Gender sensitive and child rights sensitive approach in dealing with trafficked victims;
• Functioning as the grass roots unit for collection and development of an exhaustive database on all law enforcement aspects of the crime, including information on traffickers and trafficking gangs, activity.
• The AHTUs will be integrated task forces to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and will be constituted of a group of trained sensitive officials of the Police and the Women and Child welfare and department of the State, and also reputed local NGOs. They will function as coherent units.

The Central government has provided funds for each of the AHTUs for the following

• 1 Office Tables 10 Chairs
• One computer table
• Almirah for books & records
• Mobile phone instrument @ Rs. 3000 per instrument
• Digital Camera with memory stick for evidence collection & short video recordings
• One Vehicle (Driver and POL to be provided by the State Government)
• One Motor Cycle
• Landline phone installation with broadband connection
• Desk-top Computer with latest configuration and accessories including internet connection h.
• Relevant legal & other Books

The State government has provided the following man power at each of the AHTUs

Police composition of AHTU -

• One Inspector,
• 2 Sub-Inspectors
• 2 Head Constables
• 2 Constables

One representative to be associated from the following State Departments whenever it is required -

• Women and Child Development
• Health and Family Welfare
• Labour and Employment
• Prosecution

Amendments in State Acts

Important UN protocols on Anti Human Trafficking & Best Practices

• Protocol on the Structure and Function of the Integrated Anti Human Trafficking Unit (IAHTU) in India (1 MB)
• Protocol on Inter State Rescue and Post Rescue Activities (1.5 MB)
• Resource Book on the Legal Framework on Anti Human Trafficking (1.8 MB)
• Journey to Justice - Manual on Psychosocial Intervention (2 MB)

Important UN Protocols

• Compendium on Best Practices - On Anti Human Trafficking by Law Enforcement Agencies
• Compendium on Best Practice (1.1 MB)
• Compendium Of Best Practices On Anti Human Trafficking By Non Governmental Organizations (1.9 MB)
• Andhra Success Story (377 KB)
• Standard Operating Practice on Investigation of Crimes of Trafficking for Forced Labour (2.5 MB)
• Standard Operating Practice On Investigating Crimes of Trafficking for Commercial Sexual Exploitation (1.3 MB)
• Jhansi Success Story (52 KB)

Operation Smile

The specialities of the campaign "Operation Smile" are as follows:

• To develop as resource persons through the training of subordinates in context with missing children and to make aware of the various legal provisions and juvenile justice Act related to human trafficking.
• To encourage the police employees to register FIR in spite of missing, at PS level and to create responsiveness amongst subordinate employees about missing children.
• To make effort to recover the missing children in all over India through making teams on the basis of assessment of data of missing children.
• Special search out at religious places, flyovers, railway stations, shelter homes etc.
• To search the children and rescue the child labourers with the coordination of active NGOs in child trafficking.
• Operation Smile Team will search the children staying minimum one week at a place and make aware of the local people about Operation Smile.

• Presentation on Operation Smile - Ghaziabad Police (U.P.) (2.85 MB)

• Note on Human Trafficking in UP (952 KB)
• Training on Anti Human Trafficking as part of Honourable Chief Minister Announcement – Uttar Pradesh, Government (282 KB)
• Office Memorandum regarding formation of working Committee in order to prevent human trafficking dt. 6 Jul,2016 (89 KB)
• U.S Department of State's "Trafficking in Person Report 2016" appreciates U.P. Government efforts in anti human trafficking. (1030 KB)
• N.A.L.S.A report to Hon'ble Supreme Court in the Prajwala vs.Union of India and Others-Writ (C)56/2004 (1030 KB)
• Contact No. of Sashatra Seema Bal Commandants of the Battalion deployed along Indo-Nepal Border in the State of U.P for help regarding Anti Human Trafficking (1030 KB)
• Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2016 (606 KB)
• Minutes of the State Advisory Committee Meeting on Anti Human Trafficking (1.8 MB)
• Child Friendly Policing initiative in Uttar Pradesh (1.47 MB)