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Human Trafficking

By learysa

  • "Children, sold for as little as $45, can earn more than $600 per night for their captors."

  • "Aid groups estimate that some 38,000 children are trapped in the sex trade there."

  • "More than 500 mostly small-scale trafficking syndicates--Nigerian, Chinese, Indian and Russian, among others--collude with South African partners, including recruiters and corrupt police officials, to enslave local victims."

  • "In 1996 the south african constitution expressly forbids slavery, South Africa has no stand-alone law against human trafficking in all its forms."

    "In 1996 the south african constitution expressly forbids slavery, South Africa has no stand-alone law against human trafficking in all its forms."

  • "1.4 million AIDS orphans are the most vulnerable."

  • Andre Lombard, 39, a pastor of the Christian Revival Church, and other volenteers gave food, blankets and Bibles to the dozens of women and girls selling sex not far from the World Cup.

  • "Police identified the Maitland as a base of drug- and human-trafficking operations."

  • "officials rescued dozens of underage girls and seized weapons and thousands of dollars' worth of drugs."

  • "Police raided the Maitland in 2008 and shut the place down."

  • "Obama has pledged to make the fight to abolish modern-day slavery."

  • "South African officials claim that Parliament will pass a comprehensive law against human trafficking in early 2010."

  • "Newly elected South African President Jacob Zuma addressed fears about sex trafficking in a speech."