Tag: human trafficking

Traumatised human smuggling victim wants to go home

[notice]Gateway News reporter JOHANITA JORDAAN spoke to Martin Munene, a victim of a human smuggling scam. She also spoke to a Johannesburg church leader who provides spiritual and practical support to many traumatised victims of such scams.[/notice] Kenyan citizen Martin Munene found himself wondering the streets of Johannesburg, traumatised after […]

Legalised prostitution significantly increases human sex trafficking: study

Originally published in LifeSiteNews LONDON, UK, December 12, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study of the impact of legalised prostitution has found that countries where prostitution is legal experience larger reported human trafficking inflows than countries in which prostitution is prohibited. Professor Eric Neumayer of the London School of Economics and […]

Crime and complexity — and your input!

[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The wide varieties of societal issues we face occur in an increasingly complex and rapidly changing society. […]