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There are other, non-traditional forms of slavery in Africa today, mostly involving human trafficking and the enslavement of child soldiers and child labourers, e.g. human trafficking in Angola, and human trafficking of children from Togo, Benin and Nigeria to Gabon and Cameroon. [11] [12]
Human trafficking can occur both within a single country or across national borders. It is distinct from people smuggling, which involves the consent of the individual being smuggled and typically ends upon arrival at the destination. In contrast, human trafficking involves exploitation and a lack of consent, often through force, fraud, or ...
The TIP Report on a map based on 2021 data The number of trafficking victims in EU countries in 2022 The Trafficking in Persons Report , or the TIP Report , is an annual report issued since 2001 by the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons .
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) maintains an Anti-human trafficking Unit (AHTU) in its Criminal Investigation Division, which opened 31 trafficking investigations in 2009. The government initiated 15 trafficking prosecutions during the year, an increase over five prosecutions in 2008, and convicted six traffickers in 2009, an increase over the ...
The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 3" in 2017. [3] The country was placed at Tier 2 in 2023. [4]In 2023, the Organised Crime Index gave the country a score of 8 out of 10 for human trafficking, noting that state officials has a substantial involvement in carrying out this crime.
In 2016 the national anti trafficking committee and the national committee merged aiming to prevent illegal migration, the government also launched 90 anti-trafficking campaigns. [14] In June 2016, the government ran conferences about migration, smuggling, and human trafficking issues affecting Africa and Europe.
Prostitution is illegal in the majority of African countries. HIV/AIDS infection rates are particularly high among African sex workers. [1]Nevertheless, it is common, driven by the widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries, [2] and is one of the drivers for the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa. [3]
Human trafficking in South Africa occurs as a practice of forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation among imported and exported trafficked men, women, and children. [1] Generally, South African girls are trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation and domestic servitude, while boys are used for street vending, food ...