Human Trafficking News and Updates
Detention and Imminent Deportation Fourteen South African citizens who were detained in Thailand are set to be deported back to South Africa in the coming days. Chrispin Phiri, spokesperson for the Department of International Relations and Co-operation, confirmed this development and indicated that the necessary arrangements are underway to facilitate their return. Background of the […]
Joint Task Force Operation: High-Speed Chase Leads to Rescue of Trafficked Teens Overview of the Incident A coordinated joint task force was involved in a dramatic high-speed chase that led to the rescue of ten trafficked teenagers in Johannesburg. The operation culminated in the arrest of a 47-year-old foreign national suspected of human trafficking. Initial […]
Border Management Authority Intercepts Suspected Trafficking Victims The Border Management Authority (BMA) has successfully intervened in a suspected human trafficking operation at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park. This action is part of the BMA’s ongoing efforts to combat human trafficking, irregular migration, and transnational organised crime, particularly as the festive season approaches and […]
Resignation Amid Scandal Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, previously a Member of Parliament representing the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, has stepped down from her position following a controversy that has garnered widespread attention. The MK party, founded by her father Jacob Zuma after his departure from the African National Congress, achieved notable success in the 2024 national elections […]
Jeffery Epstein, a convicted sex offender, died by allegedly hanging himself while awaiting trial for a Sex Trafficking Conspiracy case inside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in New York in August 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell, once a British Socialite and the daughter of the late Press Baron – Robert Maxwell, was a close […]
Human Trafficking is the most heinous crime, whereby criminals steal people’s freedom for profit. Trafficking in person robs people of their freedom and their human dignity. No country is immune to trafficking in persons. It is a global crisis affecting millions of people regardless of race, religion, or origin. Not many people know that minors […]
Human Trafficking a global and widespread crime, whereby criminals steal a person’s freedom for profit. It is a grave violation on a person’s human rights and egregious assault on the victim. The criminals behind this highly profitable business seize the opportunity created by the need or desire of people to escape not just poverty and […]
Human Trafficking is one of the fasted growing organised crimes in the world, affecting billions of lives and generating billions of dollars profit per annum. It is a serious crime and a grave violation of a person’s human rights and an egregious assault on its victims. Although Slavery was abolished in 18th Century, Modern-Day Slavery has […]
Businessman Raj Kundra, husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, was arrested on Monday by the Mumbai police in a case related to the alleged creation of pornographic films and streaming them through a mobile app called “Hotshots”. Raj Kundra and his brother-in-law Pradeep Bakshi are the alleged masterminds of the international porn films racket perpetrated […]
Ruben Andre Garcia, A porn actor and producer who recruited young women under false pretences to appear in videos for San Diego-based website GirlsDoPorn.com was sentenced to 20 years in custody in connection with his pleas to federal sex-trafficking and conspiracy charges. He was amongst six others charged with filming pornographic scenes that prosecutors said […]