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Mozambique: Police stops suspected children trafficking truck

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 @ 18:10 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Mozambique
Topics:: Breaking News, Children
Languages:: Portuguese

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

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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[...] an update on the situation of the 40 children found in a truck intercepted by police in Inchope, reported back in January. The children were supposedly being taken to schools to study the Koran, with their parents [...]

# 2008-02-24 at 20:32 pm

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