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Investigations Team Tracks and Rescues Female Before Exploitation Occurs
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Investigations Team Tracks and Rescues Female Before Exploitation Occurs

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Our investigations team was recently informed of Asha*, a female en route to Kuwait for promised employment. Her husband, Sitaram*, was a mason in their village in South Asia, but due to chronic leg pain, he was unable to walk properly and struggled to provide for his family. Their economic situation was dire as they…

Breaking: Five Students Traveling to Russia for False Education Offer, Intercepted
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Breaking: Five Students Traveling to Russia for False Education Offer, Intercepted

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Five Namibian teenagers were en route to Russia for the purpose of pursuing an education when one of our monitors approached them for questioning. When the monitor asked where they would be studying in Russia, the group was unable to provide the name of the university. They explained that they had been studying medicine online…

Stiffer penalties for human traffickers in Tanzania – The East African
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Stiffer penalties for human traffickers in Tanzania – The East African

ByEyes on Trafficking News

By APOLINARI TAIRO Tanzania has approved amendments to the local anti-human trafficking laws to include tougher penalties such as lifetime jail-terms and fines of up to Tsh200 million ($86,000). Attorney General Dr Eliezer Feleshi said the country needed to implement punitive measures to effectively shut down the vice. Read: UK, Dar partner to fight child trafficking…