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Child Labor in Shangambo District (2009)

A child labor case from 2009 in Shangambo District, United States. 1 source on file.

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What happened

Raymond Matiti, 61 and Matiti and his co-accused Likando face a possible jail term of 20 years if found guilty of human trafficking. According to the Zambian laws, “human trafficking is an act of recruitment, transporting, harbouring or receipt of persons for the purposes of slavery, forced labour (including bonded labour or debt bondage) and servitude”.

Response and intervention

ZAMBIA has denied former Namibian Chief Regional Officer arrested on allegations of human trafficking bail because he is a foreigner. The children - Memory Kailu, 9, Mushe Likando,10, Ndala Sinabu, 15 and Nakushowa Ngodo, 20 - were from Singu village where Likando comes from. uknown link to article : http://www.informante.web.na/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5217&Itemid=100 police found four children at the back of their bakkie.

Sources

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