Zimbabwe government denies trafficking problem

The Zimbabwean government has denied claims by the International Organisation for Migration that human trafficking is on the increase in the country. The IOM has said that because of both Zimbabwe’s location in southern Africa and also the economic crisis in the country, thousands of people have become vulnerable to exploitation by traffickers as they accept risky migration options.
Police in Zimbabwe have recently been successful in uncovering criminal gangs which have been trafficking young girls to China. Despite this success, an officer in the ZRP victims friendly unit said that trafficking was a reality in Zimbabwe “despite government’s denials.”
“We have dealt with five unique cases, three of them in Harare and two in Bulawayo but the problem is that we can not do anything to prosecute because there is no law to deal with that as yet,”
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