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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Hillsborough County deputies have arrested more than 100 people in connection to a five-month-long undercover investigation relating to human trafficking. “I strongly believe that in order to eradicate human trafficking, we must continue to focus on reducing the demand,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said. The investigation ran from June through the […]

Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. JOHN W. WHITEHEAD Children, young girls – some as young as 9 years old – are being bought and sold for sex in America. The average age for a young woman being sold for sex is now 13 years old. […]

KAILENE PILLAY Durban – Police believe they may have uncovered a human trafficking ring operating from Phoenix in Durban after they arrested a 37-year-old man who allegedly exploited teenagers by selling them as sex slaves. Details of the crimes, which allegedly also include forcefully taking semi-naked pictures of young girls, emerged after one of them […]

Citizen reporter In addition to working in deplorable conditions, their living conditions on the premises were also deemed “uninhabitable”. Image for illustration only: iStock The employer was paying foreign nationals, including children, R6.50 an hour, and forcing them to work and live in deplorable conditions. A joint operation by SAPS, the department of employment and […]

Chrisuné Vermeulen Mpumalanga police held an operation to rescue a large group allegedly kept against their will for prostitution. The police have rescued 104 women believed to have been kept against their will as prostitutes during raids in eMalahleni, reports Witbank News. The paper reported on the chaos in the central business district on October 22.It […]