Community Safety
Whether any arrest have been made or convictions secured in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, Act 7 of 2013; if so, what are the relevant details?
The South African Police Service informed me as follows:
Yes, 7 (seven) cases were registered, 13 (thirteen) arrests have been made, 1 (one) person has been convicted.
DETAILS OF CASES
|
Cas/enq no. Station |
Offence |
Methods used to traffic victims/ modus operandi |
|
149/05/2014 Milnerton |
Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation |
Investigation pending |
|
434/11/2014 Woodstock |
Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation |
Investigation pending |
|
776/03/2015 Cape Town Central |
Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation |
Pleaded guilty and was sentence to 15 years imprisonment |
|
260/09/2013 Pinelands |
Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation |
Case remanded 25/05/2016 for sentence Parow regional court |
|
252/02/2011 Goodwood |
Trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation |
Investigation pending |
|
221/10/2015 Goodwood |
Trafficking in persons for domestic servitude, Assault GBH & Kidnapping |
Investigation pending |
|
24/11/2015 Kwanokuthula |
Trafficking in persons for domestic servitude, Assault GBH & Kidnapping |
Case remanded for 10/06/2016 |
