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Justice Delivered?
The Statesman Kolkata
|May 31, 2025
The recent sentencing of two men in Minnesota for their role in the deaths of an Indian family of four attempting to cross illegally into the United States from Canada is a stark reminder of the tangled roots of global human trafficking – where personal aspiration meets systemic failure, and profit is drawn from human desperation.
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This was not just a crime committed by traffickers; it was a tragedy born from a family’s dream.
The Patel couple, both schoolteachers from Gujarat, were parents chasing what millions across the world desire – a better life for their children.
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