About

The research is a study of Trafficking of persons in relation to governing security. It studies Government and civil society partnerships as an evolving and emerging model to tackle global organized crime and how these partnerships are changing the traditional structures of how we understand the State to operate. The research analyzes these models by studying strategies, measures to tackle trafficking of persons from prevention, prosecution, protection perspective in India and the U.K. It includes a comparative study on the role that law has played in developing such models and partnerships that govern security today in the area of trafficking of persons. The success, failures and evolution of these models in the respective regions gives a glimpse into the evolving and counter evolving nature of organised crime and corresponding security models to tackle them. A study of some Euro-Asian security models is undertaken to understand the impact of a multidisciplinary and holistic strategies to combat Trafficking of Persons that can form an adoptable framework of cooperation as a way forward between developed countries and countries in transition to tackle the human trafficking as a global organised crime.

Publications

1. “Organized Crime: An Analysis of the Law & Criminal Syndicates around the World” by Venkat and Ashley Varghese. Published in the Lawyers Collective 1999-2000.

2. A study on the Law and Procedure relating to Trafficking of Women and Children in India by Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission (IJM)

3. Plan of Action to combat trafficking of persons in the State of Maharashtra by Save the Children India and Ashley Varghese, (IJM)

4. South Asia Regional Victim Protection Protocol and the Indian Victim/Witness Protection Protocol by Ms. Asha Bajpai and Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission.

5. The State Rules of the Prevention of Immoral Traffic Act, 1956 by the State Department of Women and Children, Prerna, Prayas, UNICEF and Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission.

6. Debt bondage in Brothel written by Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission in the book “Trafficking of Women & Children in India” by the National Human Rights Commission and UNIFEM (published by Orient Longman in 2005).

7. ‘The Age-Old Dispute’ – Anomalies in age verification procedures for victims of trafficking by Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission in the book “Trafficking of Women & Children in India” by the National Human Rights Commission and UNIFEM (published by Orient Longman in 2005).

8. “Call girls and Bar girls in Mumbai” by Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission published in the book “Trafficking of Women & Children in India” by the National Human Rights Commission and UNIFEM (published by Orient Longman in 2005).

9. “A Profile of Brothels in Mumbai and Trends in Trafficking” by Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission in the book Trafficking of Women & Children in India by the National Human Rights Commission and UNIFEM (published by Orient Longman in 2005)

10. “A Profile of Rescued Persons in Mumbai” –  A case study by Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission in the book “Trafficking of Women & Children in India” by the National Human Rights Commission and UNIFEM (published by Orient Longman in 2005)..

11.  “Brothel Accounts” (Hisab Kitab) by Mr. P.M. Nair and Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission in the book “Trafficking of Women & Children in India” by the National Human Rights Commission and UNIFEM (published by Orient Longman in 2005).

12. A legal analysis on the Bombay High Court Judgment on Closure of Brothels by Advocate Ashley Varghese, International Justice Mission.

13. Handbook for Law Enforcement to Combat Human Trafficking.  Ashley Varghese and other experts.  A UNODC publication 2006

14. An article on "seizure, attachment and forfeiture" of criminal assets of traffickers. UNODC publication 2007