CSECArchive 2008–2016

CSEC in Belville, Cape Town (2008)

A CSEC case from 2008 in Belville, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

A neighbor witnessed the incident and when child was reported missing, led police to the trafficker's location. After denying it, woman admits she had taken the girl to be sold into a marriage. She led police to where the girl had been locked in a dark room for a day.

Response and intervention

Police rescued child from the abductor, unknown whether trafficker was prosecuted. Refugee safe home in Belville has been in touch with mother of victim. While neighbor witnessed the abduction. Story was first revealed to Justice [ACTs] workers while doing trafficking preventative work in a refugee community, and then later printed in an article for the Cape Argus.

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Domestic Servitude2010

Cape Town, South Africa, 2010

South Africa ZA

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100422124204355C380047 The trafficker involved in this investigation is a woman who is suspected to be a part of a larger trafficking ring run out of a warehouse that she owns in Parow, Cape Town. Operating under the guise of an employment agency, they would target girls in rural areas in the Norther Cape (such as Prieska) and bring them to Cape Town under the promise of providing a better life and good jobs with good salaries. Instead the girls found themselves working in the woman’s house or in the shops of people that she knew. The girls were often accused of making a mistake with the till in the shop and would receive large cuts in their pay – some never saw a pay cheque at all. Those who were lucky enough to work in the woman’s house would receive the occasional portion of rice and meat, but usually they were only fed dry bread in the morning and baked beans for supper in the evenings. After being rescued one of the young women told the officers that she had had a miscarriage the week before, but had not received any medical attention. She said that when she had told the warehouse owner, she simply replied that t was “not her problem.” Although the woman who owned the warehouse claimed that the girls could leave at any time, the young women told police that they were locked into the property at night and that they were not allowed to leave the warehouse. They were held captive and not even allowed to approach the front of the warehouse, but were told they must remain at the back.

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Sex Trafficking2010

Belville, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010

South Africa ZA

The police were tipped off from a local who talked to one of the girls at the local McDonald's. They then went in to rescue the girls.

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Sex Trafficking2010

Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010

South Africa ZA

The boyfriend of the girl took her to Cape Town under the guise of a loving relationship. Soon after arriving he made her prostitute herself for money. Using drugs and intimidation he keeps her under his control.

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