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How online tech is enhancing human trafficking

ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Human traffickers who trick people with fake job offers and promises and then exploit them for profit are taking advantage of online technologies for every step of their criminal activities. Research conducted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows how victims are …

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Pastor arrested for trafficking minor girls

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira region police are holding Robert Mugisa, the lead pastor of “Christ the Answer church,” in Kyerinda A village, Buwenge town council, Jinja district for trafficking over 33 minors from Tororo district. Police sealed off pastor Mugisa’s residence in the same area and rescued the …

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IOM to launch project to assist victims of trafficking in Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is set to launch a new project in Nigeria to protect victims of trafficking as well as smuggled migrants while they are in transit. The project, scheduled to be launched in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Tuesday, seeks to provide assistance …

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Retired soldier in Katakwi remanded for trafficking children

Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Katakwi has remanded a 53 year old retired soldier to Katakwi government prison for allegedly trafficking eleven children from Napak district. Samora Bashir, a resident of Amuria district was intercepted on Tuesday with children aged 11 and 15 years, …

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Police intercepts bus trafficking 17 Karimojong children

  Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Napak district in Karamoja region have impounded a Gateway Bus for trying to sneak out with 17 children to Kampala.  Police intercepted the bus registration number UAY 205 U on Sunday morning with 17 children on board destined for an unknown destination. This …

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Serial child trafficker arrested at Elegu border

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Elegu township in Amuru district are holding a 44-year-old Ugandan who has been on a wanted list of serial child abductors and traffickers in the country. The suspect, Bakaki Yunusu alias Kabbu was arrested early on Saturday morning from his hideout home at …

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Gov’t tasked to probe sale of Karamojong girls

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Matheniko County MP John Baptist Lokii has asked the government to investigate the continued sale of Karamojong girls to individuals and terrorist groups. Lokii told parliament yesterday afternoon that the government needs to thoroughly investigate reports of the inhuman and degrading treatment that the …

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