Forced CriminalityArchive 2008–2016

Forced Criminality in Ressano Garcia Village, Ressano Garcia District, Maputo Province (2008)

A forced criminality case from 2008 in Ressano Garcia Village, Ressano Garcia District, Maputo Province, Mozambique.

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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 woman tried to smuggle female and male genitalia which were wrapped up in matapa leaves across the South African/Mozambique border. She was caught on the South African side of the border.

Response and intervention

Border Control arrested the woman A woman working at the border revealed the information

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A couple (male 40, female 30) attempted to go across the border with the head and the genitalia of an adult man and the ribs of an adult. They hid them within three bags of vegetables.

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Ressano Garcia Village, Ressano Garcia District, Maputo Province, Mozambique, 2008

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A woman attempted to cross the Mozambique/South Africa border with several children’s heads inside plastic bags in the car trunk, hidden under capulanas (traditional clothing, ed.).

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