Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) Watch Report
Strengthening Anti-Human Trafficking Systems in India: A Longitudinal RTI and Field-Based Inquiry into AHTU Functionality (2010–2025).
This National Report presents a longitudinal assessment of Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) functionality in India across three research phases under the AHTU Watch initiative (CY 2010 – FY 2024–25). The study adopts a multi-pronged methodology combining Right to Information (RTI) data, field observations, Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), and survivor testimonies to evaluate the operationalisation of AHTUs against their intended mandate as specialised anti-trafficking institutions. While AHTUs were envisioned as specialised, coordinated, survivor-sensitive units, the evidence across fifteen years reveals a persistent and systemic divergence between institutional design and on-ground execution. DOWNLOAD REPORTSRecent Research
By Team Sanjog
04 November 2014
Compensate Victims – Status of access to state victim compensation schemes by survivors of human trafficking in India, 2022 Report
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By Team Sanjog
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AHTU Watch – A National Study on the Status of Anti Human Trafficking Units in India (2010 – 2019)
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By Team Sanjog
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Compensate Victims – Status of access to state victim compensation schemes by survivors of human trafficking in India, 2022 Report
The findings of the study will inform stakeholders in the Anti–Human Trafficking ecosystem in…
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By Team Sanjog
04 November 2014
AHTU Watch – A National Study on the Status of Anti Human Trafficking Units in India (2010 – 2019)
In April 2006, the Central Government of India, through the Ministry of Home Affairs in…
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