3 arrested as police rescue human trafficking victims in Pretoria
Three women were rescued after another woman was able to run away and report that they were held against their will.
Three suspects were arrested and three human trafficking victims were rescued at a house in Garsfontein, Pretoria, yesterday.
Provincial Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale says they received information when one of the captives escaped her captors.
He explains the victim reported to the Thai Embassy that she had been held against her will for sexual exploitation.
Social services and law enforcement got involved, information was followed up and contact was made with one of the victims who was still held against her will at the premises.
Two more victims were rescued after members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation Unit assisted by the Tshwane Metro Police Department and Pretoria SAPS’ K9 units, gained access to the premises.
Mogale says the suspects will soon appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to face charges related to human trafficking.
“The provincial head of the Hawks in Gauteng, Major General Ebrahim Kadwa, congratulated the joint team for the successful rescue of the women and the arrest of the perpetrators,” she says.
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