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Mozambique: Police stops suspected children trafficking truck

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Português · Moçambique: Polícia intercepta caminhão suspeito de tráfico infantil
Malagasy · Mozambique: Nahasambotra kamiao nitondra ankizy maromaro ny polisy

Mozambique

Breaking the news in the blogosphere, Carlos Serra [pt] reports that the police in Inchope intercepted a truck with 40 children between the ages of 7 and 11 years from Nampula, Mozambique. It is believed that they were being trafficked. “Social and institutional vulnerabilities makes trafficking possible and extended. Several measures are necessary, including the updating of the Criminal Code (dated 1876) and the necessity for it set trafficking explicitly and clearly as a crime”.

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