STRENGTHENING THE FRONTLINE - A CONSTRUCTIVE REVIEW OF ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNITS IN INDIA  (Paperback, BHAMATHI BALASUBRAMANIAM)

This book offers a timely and insightful examination of the AntiHuman Trafficking Units (AHTUs)—a pioneering institutional response unique to India. No comparable model exists anywhere else in the world, making this review especially significant. Rooted in field experience, institutional insights, and policy analysis, thisvolume offers an in depth examination of India’s specialized antitrafficking units and presents a practical roadmap for enhancing their effectiveness. It emphasizes the urgent need to build capacity through focused training, improved infrastructure, survivor-centric approaches, and inter-agency coordination—particularly in complex contexts shaped by disaster, displacement, vulnerability, and rapid technological change. Written with a multidisciplinary lens and a strong call for collaboration, legal innovation, and community engagement, this book envisions a more resilient, accountable, and humane antitrafficking response.