Kuwait saga: Human trafficker jailed 50yrs
A 31-year-old Harare woman has been jailed 20 years effective for facilitating the trafficking of five Zimbabwean women to Kuwait where they were turned into slaves and prostitutes.
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A 31-year-old Harare woman has been jailed 20 years effective for facilitating the trafficking of five Zimbabwean women to Kuwait where they were turned into slaves and prostitutes.
The employers of a Filipina maid found dead in a freezer in Kuwait have been arrested in the Syrian capital Damascus after a manhunt lasting several weeks.
Over 200 people who were victims of human trafficking to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have been repatriated, Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Mr Melusi Matshiya has said.
By Auxilia Katongomara About 60 Zimbabwean women who are victims of human trafficking are still stuck in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The Government has rescued about 161 women who were lured to Kuwait under the pretext of business and job opportunities since last year. Responding to a motion […]
By Bornwise Mtonzi “I was ill-treated….would sleep four hours a day.” “Desperation for jobs led us to ignore the warning that we were given by some police officers we met at the airport while we were on our way to board a plane to Kuwait.” These are the words of 21-year-old Samantha Mhlanga who is […]
FOURTEEN more Zimbabwean women arrived in the country yesterday from Kuwait where they were subjected to slavery.
By Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye Zimbabwe’s speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda says he has negotiated for the repatriation of 32 women and girls who were trafficked to Kuwait under the guise of finding greener pastures but were later abused by locals. In an exclusive interview with Studio7 Mudenda said he is set to return home with the women […]
By Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye A Zimbabwean woman has escaped from a house where she was living under harsh conditions in Kuwait. Using an alias Chipo Sanyika for fear of victimization, she says she is now in a half-way house and is appealing for travel assistance to return to Zimbabwe. She was assisted by the Zimbabwe Embassy to […]