African participation in the global trafficking in human commodities

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Trade in African Child Slaves, Prostitutes On the Rise

Child Labour News Service, 5 June 2001. Businesswomen from Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania are the master brains in the organised sex and slave trade of girls between 12 and 13 years. Young girls from poor families are commonly tricked into prostitution and slavery with empty promises of good jobs in Britain and South Africa.