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- First child trafficking case in court.
Sowetan, 13 May 2008.
A Mozambican woman charged with trafficking children for sexual exploitation and fraud appeared in the Pretoria magistrates’ court yesterday. This is the first case brought to court in South Africa since provisions governing human trafficking in the law came into effect in January.
- Scratching the surface of child trafficking.
IRIN News, 2 April 2008.
Exploitation and abuse of human trafficking victims, mainly taken from Mozambique to South Africa, has seen a surge in media headlines but experts warn this is just "the tip of the iceberg."
- Rape conviction makes history.
Independent Online, 27 August 2007.
A man has been sent to jail in Mozambique for taking part in the rape of a woman and her teenage niece at the Grasmere toll plaza in 2004.
- Mozambique moves to fight human trafficking.
The Mail and Guardian, 01 August 2007.
More than 1 000 Mozambicans, including children, are trafficked to South Africa every year where they are forced into prostitution or used as free or cheap labour. In response, Mozambique's Cabinet last week approved a new law that will make human trafficking a crime punishable by long prison sentences
- Safe abortions may soon be legal in Mozambique.
Afrol News, 11 June 2007. Abortion could be soon legal in predominantly Catholic Mozambique if the Maputo parliament endorses a new bill recently approved by the Council of Ministers.
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