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Trafficking humans and their organs, and forced labour and prostitution, are crimes against humanity COMMENT | MARCELO SANCHEZ SORONDO | The scourge of human trafficking is an issue that leaders of all faiths must take very seriously. One of the first things that Pope Francis did when he was elected in …

Cotonou, Benin | AFP | Forty people are facing prosecution after police raids in west and central Africa rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking, Interpol said on Thursday. Raids were carried out in Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal as part of a German foreign ministry funded initiative targeting …

Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | Two tusks and 46 elephant tails have been seized in Ivory Coast, activists said Tuesday, adding that a customs officer acting as an accomplice to traffickers was among four arrested. “Two impressive tusks of 1.6 metres each” were seized by a specialist unit from …

VIDEO: Over 202 Ugandans Detained in China over Drug Trafficking Kampala, Uganda | NBS | Uganda’s ambassador China Dr. Crispus Kiyonga has decried the increasing number of Ugandans arrested and sentenced to death over drug trafficking in China. About 202 Ugandans are languishing in the different China prisons. Dr. Kiyonga says …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has ordered an investigation into possible collusion between the country’s wildlife agency and two Chinese diplomats in the trafficking of ivory. Poaching has risen sharply in recent years across Africa, fuelled by rising demand in Asia for ivory and rhino horn, …

Women parliamentarians across Africa have called for increased vigilance by all governments to curb the trafficking of women and children on the continent. The legislators under the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) in a resolution stated that human trafficking affects more than two million people …