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What happened
Botswana police are investigating a human trafficking ring thought to be responsible for trafficking more than 1000 Batswana from the country and selling them for cheap labour, sexual exploitation, servitude and debt bondage in Europe. Police investigations are focusing on Business Consultants who are believed to be spiders in the extensive web that is believed to have trafficked at least 1000 Batswana. A source close to the investigation believes that it is more. So far, eight business consultants and six other suspects believed to be part of the human trafficking ring are already in police custody.
Response and intervention
So far, eight business consultants and six other suspects believed to be part of the human trafficking ring were in police custody as of April 27, 2009. No further information has been provided. Mokgosi is the leading detective on the case- has been working with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol). unknown, but the number '1000' is still a guesstimate rather than fact, meaning that not all of the supposed victims have been located or emancipated. Link to the sunday standard article. Further information on the case is piecemeal thus far. http://sundaystandard.info/news/news_item.php?NewsID=4775&GroupID=1