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Chilila Island, Mpulungu, Zambia, Zambia

A man from Chilila Island in Mpulungu has been charged with child trafficking contrary to the law. The trafficker was arrested for attempting to sell his 2-year-old girl for K30 million on Friday. When the matter came for plea before Mpulungu magistrate Miyato Muyambango,the father, who looked humble in the dock admitted having attempted to sell his daughter to a Mpulungu businessman for K30 million. He told the court that he wanted to go ahead with the transaction because he was in dire need of money which he wanted to use to travel to Lusaka so that he could begin a new life. He pleaded guilty to child trafficking and said he was sorry.

Location
Zambia · Chilila Island, Mpulungu, Zambia · 2009 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Arresting the trafficker, which prevented the sale. The trafficker was arrested and pled guilty in court. More information: http://www.postzambia.com/content/view/14634/1/

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