trafficking Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/trafficking/ Latest News & Press Releases Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:43:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://news.media.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cropped-SA-shines-as-a-prime-conference-destination-32x32.png trafficking Archives - News@Media https://news.media.co.za/tag/trafficking/ 32 32 Hawks arrest two for human trafficking https://news.media.co.za/hawks-arrest-two-for-human-trafficking/ Fri, 04 Dec 2015 10:43:04 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=3441 Pretoria –The Hawks in Limpopo have arrested two taxi drivers for allegedly attempting to smuggle 24 minors and 10 adults from Zimbabwe into South Africa on Thursday. The two taxis were intercepted in an intelligence driven operation after information was received that children between the ages of 5 and 16, including 10 adults, would be […]

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]]> Nigerian national in the dock for human trafficking https://news.media.co.za/nigerian-national-in-the-dock-for-human-trafficking/ Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:32:06 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=3322 Pretoria – He was supposed to have been sentenced in April 2012 but Chinemere Amagwoyi, a 33-year-old Nigerian national and his co-accused Prince Agu (35) decided not to attend the trial and left the country. A warrant of arrest was subsequently issued against them. For three years the duo managed to live on borrowed freedom […]

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]]> IOM observes Human Trafficking Awareness Week 2015 in South Africa https://news.media.co.za/iom-observes-human-trafficking-awareness-week-2015-in-south-africa/ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 06:12:07 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2985 In an effort to raise awareness and educate about Trafficking in Persons (TiP) across the country, South Africa marks 2-9 October as National Human Trafficking Awareness Week 2015. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will run a series of events aimed at advancing public awareness about the reality of Trafficking in South Africa and the […]

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]]> Sixteen years for trafficking, running a brothel https://news.media.co.za/sixteen-years-for-trafficking-running-a-brothel/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 06:13:46 +0000 http://news.media.co.za/?p=2607 Pretoria – Veeran Palan (34) and Edwina Bonita Elbidia Norris (28) were of Friday sentenced to 10 and six years imprisonment respectively after the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court found them guilty of human trafficking, keeping a brothel, procuring women for sexual purposes, living off proceeds of crime as well as kidnapping. The two were arrested […]

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