Eritreans have become desensitised; the slavery in Libya is “the new normal”
In its traditional form, ukuthwala is a collusive strategy used by willing lovers to secure marriage negotiations. But the practice has mutated.
Hundreds of African refugees are being bought and sold in "slave markets" across Libya, but many do not survive the journey across the desert.
For nearly three decades, a thriving sex-trafficking industry has been operating between Nigeria and Italy. Can this woman help break the chain?
This is the harshest sentence ever handed down for human trafficking in South Africa and marked the culmination of a two-year long trial
Traditional West African ‘healers’ and Sicilian psychiatrists are struggling to help free Nigerian women forced into prostitution.
Everything points to high-level complicity and a reluctance to enforce a law dealing with the crime
Thousands of women are lured from Nigeria to Italy annually by the promise of a new life, only to find themselves trapped in the sex trade.
The Global Slavery Index report, released on Tuesday, monitors the extent of human trafficking and slavery around the world.
A string of women have been killed in Mexico’s top holiday destination, but the authorities are trying their best to downplay the murders.
Unless the new human trafficking Act – recently approved by President Jacob Zuma – is enforced, it may as well not exist, writes Lusanda Ngcaweni.
Four men accused of trafficking at least three women have appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court, says a report.
Lesotho claims an Ethiopian is smuggling illegal immigrants into South Africa – but he denies it.
Policy documents have outlined the party’s plans to crack down on illegitimate asylum seekers.
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/ 22 February 2012
The ANC Women’s League on Tuesday called for bail to be denied to four men charged with trafficking 16 young girls found at a building in Durban’s Poi
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/ 16 November 2011
About 93 Nigerian women and two babies have been rescued from "sex slavery" in Mali, and nine people suspected of human trafficking arrested.
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/ 6 September 2011
The recent arrest of anti-slavery protesters in Mauritania has highlighted the fact that slavery is not a relic of the past.
African borders are not just dangerous places to be, they are also staggeringly inefficient.
Mozambican newspaper <i>Canalmoz</i> on Wednesday retracted a story about human trafficking at the Komatipoort border.
Mozambican police authorities on Tuesday denied a news report that about 20 trafficked minors had been discovered on the border with South Africa.
Claims exaggerating the danger of human trafficking during the Soccer World Cup have resulted in the sidelining of other important social issues.
Researchers have dismissed fears of a massive rise in human trafficking for the Soccer World Cup, saying NGOs could be trying to win extra resources.
Police in Ermelo thought they had a problem with prostitutes they could solve in the usual way — arrest the women and get them off the streets.
South Africa is to fast-track a comprehensive new law against human trafficking before the start of the Soccer World Cup.
Swaziland on Tuesday vowed to implement a law against human trafficking.
The United States on Tuesday added six African countries to a blacklist of countries trafficking in people, and put Malaysia back on the list.
Legalising sex work will not stop human trafficking or child abuse, the ACDP Youth Foundation said on Wednesday.
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/ 12 October 2008
Graca Machel appealed to Mozambique’s schools on Saturday to take more action to prevent children being kidnapped and sold into prostitution.
A draft Bill has been submitted to Parliament to enable authorities to prosecute all forms of human trafficking.
There are more than 300 small-vessel launch sites and slipways around South Africa’s coastline that are not monitored by police.
A recent study recommends that prostitution be decriminalised. Chandré Gould explains the study’s purpose and its conclusions.
Organisations working against trafficking could stand to lose funding after a new book finds there is little trafficking in the sex industry