Operation AAHT
- February 8, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Operation AAHT
TOPIC: Governance
Context- The Railway Protection Force has launched a nationwide operation to curb human trafficking.
Concept-
- As part of “Operation AAHT”, special teams will be deployed on all long-distance trains/routes with focus on rescuing victims, particularly women and children, from the clutches of traffickers.
- The infrastructure and intelligence network of the force could be utilized to collect, collate and analyse clues on victims, source, route, destination, popular trains used by suspects, identity of carriers/agents, kingpins etc and shared with other law-enforcing agencies.
- The RPF will act as a bridge cutting across States to assist the local police in the mission to curb the menace.
Why Operation AAHT?
- The Railways, which operate about 21,000 trains across the country daily, is the most reliable mode of transportation for the traffickers who often move their victims on long-distance trains.
- Thousands of Indians and persons from neighboring countries are trafficked every day to some destinations where they were forced to live like slaves.
- They are also being trafficked for illegal adoptions, organ transplants, working in circus, begging and entertainment industry.