In a posh neighborhood of Johannesburg, authorities in South Africa announced on Thursday that they had rescued 44 Ethiopian citizens, 17 of whom were minors, from their orders.
The latest in a long line of human-trafficking circumstances in Africa’s most industrialized country, which is a magnet for illegal migrants from all over the globe.
Officers on police were informed of the revelation by screams coming from the Sandton home, according to official Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo.
He told Newzroom Afrika television that” we discovered that there were 44 unlawful immigrants that were locked in areas.” He added that 17 of them were adolescents.
According to Masondo,” We are also looking for an interpreter to assist us in getting more data from them.” Different young Ethiopian adults and children who were also reportedly held hostage in a Johannesburg suburbeer escaped in March, and police recovered 32.
It was not immediately clear whether or not the two incidents were connected. 26 illegal Ethiopians held by suspected traffickers in Johannesburg who had been found naked and without identification were rescued by authorities in January. More than 80 people were discovered locked up in a property in a different city neighborhood last August.
