Not Less Than 85 Children Saved From Trafficking Network By The Sudanese Police – Interpol

Sudanese Police says it has rescued nearly 100 people, 85 of them minors, after breaking up a human trafficking network in the northeast African country last month.

NEWS: Police in #Sudan have rescued nearly 100 victims of #HumanTrafficking and #MigrantSmuggling in an INTERPOL-coordinated operation https://t.co/f3RjgaitV1 #NEWS pic.twitter.com/ZPfM31ZARC

— INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) September 10, 2018

Two men and twelve women were arrested and around $20,000 of suspected ransom money was seized in the operation at several locations in Khartoum as well as at gold mines east of the city, the international policing agency said.

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The victims, some of whom were as young as 10, were from several African countries including Chad, DR Congo, Eritrea and Niger.

“The diversity of nationalities amongst those rescued shows how human trafficking and people smuggling is a truly transnational problem which requires a coordinated international response,” said Tim Morris, director of police services for Interpol, which is based in Lyon, France.

Every region in the world is affected by #HumanTrafficking, whether as a source, transit or destination country. At #INTERPOL, we support police in the field as they target the criminal networks behind the exploitation of vulnerable members of society. https://t.co/kHM1vqE2SG pic.twitter.com/v3UBr5htmt

— INTERPOL (@INTERPOL_HQ) September 9, 2018

The operation, called Sawiyan, was carried out on August 26-30 by some 200 Sudanese police officers assisted by Interpol agents stationed in Khartoum.

The networks abducted migrants and demanded ransoms, the agency said, and forced their victims to work or beg.