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Abductions and false job promises are just two of the methods used to traffic people in South Africa.
According to statistics from A21 – an organisation fighting human trafficking – 9.5% of cases reported to the NGO in 2023, were abductions, 16.7 % of cases were the result of victims being sold by relatives, and 47% were trafficked through fake employment promises.
This had been revealed by the organisation’s representatives during a second trafficking in persons awareness event that had been held in the Cape.
Yesterday’s event had taken place in Hermanus, following a similar gathering in Cape Town, in July.
Western Cape Social Development MEC Jaco Londt, says it’s vital to raise awareness around trafficking in persons as it remains a stark reality in many countries.
Londt recounts some of the Cape’s own struggles with suspected human trafficking cases.
