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Child Trafficking in Senegal
Child trafficking found at the complicated intersection of greed and tradition.

Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking in Southern Africa
Policy makers and senior government officials from Southern Africa meet on 22 April 2008 in Durban to address the urgent need to set up adequate protection mechanisms for victims of trafficking in Southern Africa.

NGO in Nigeria Says Child Abandonment Promotes Trafficking
An Non-government organsiation Child Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) has linked the high rate of child trafficking in Akwa Ibom State to frequent cases of abandoned children.

Winning War Against Women Trafficking in Nigeria
The trafficking in women and children in the society has become a major source of worry to many concerned individuals, governments, non-governmental organisations and civil societies.

Single Trafficking Act needed in South Africa
South Africa urgently needs legislation to counter human trafficking, particularly to help the people who are abused, a panel discussion in Pretoria heard.

Judges in South Africa Asked to Clamp Down on Trafficking
South Africa is being used as a destination and transit point, as well as a source for human trafficking, the International Association of Women Judges was told at a conference in Boksburg.

Combating Human Trafficking a Priority in South Africa
Human trafficking is an evil as terrible as the Atlantic slave trade of the past, Chief Justice Pius Langa said.

Women and Children Trafficked at South African Border
South Africa is the main destination in Southern Africa for human trafficking and 60 percent of the victims are children and young girls under the age of 15.

A Report by Save the Children Reveals Millions of Children Live as Child Slaves
On the 200th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act, a new report by Save the Children reveals millions of children are still living as child slaves.

Slavery of Africans in Britain
Brought into the country under false identities and tricked into leaving their families with the promise of an education and a better future, hundreds of African children are being trafficked into the UK for a life of servitude, according to human rights campaigners.

Nigerian Nuns Set Up Home for Victims of Human Trafficking
Nigerian nuns are celebrating the realization of their dream to set up a home for rescued victims of human trafficking, a worsening evil in the country and West Africa in general.

Activists Urge Zambian Government to Crack Down on Human Trafficking
Each year, human traffickers in southern Africa lure young children and adolescent women from their home countries into the sex industry, while others are forced into child labor.

Trafficking of African Women is Thriving
Trafficking of women from West Africa to Europe for sexual exploitation is thriving amid inaction from African governments, experts at a regional conference on the issue in Senegal.

Child Trafficking on the Rise in Southern Africa
Child trafficking continues unabated in Africa but efforts to rehabilitate those affected is hampered by poverty and long-held traditions, a regional forum has heard.

Sexual Exploitation in Italy
There is a side to the Eternal City that most of us are loathe to acknowledge.