NSHR

Namibia’s National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) wishes to join Women’s Action for Development (WAD) to warn Namibian families about, among others, a Nigerian human trafficking (HT) syndicate currently operating from Johannesburg, South Africa (SA). The syndicate is using various methods to lure young Namibian women to SA for the burgeoning sex industry during the FIFA World Cup 2010.

NSHR has impeccable documentary evidence about some of the modus operandi of the syndicate.

“We are currently engaged in covert monitoring in order to find out more about the other modus operandi of this and other criminal syndicates and the information we gather will for sure be promptly presented to the Namibian Police and other security and or intelligence formations of this country, with the view to severely disrupt the deadly missions of these criminal syndicates. The syndicate, inter alia, uses the internet to lure young women into SA on, among other things, false information that they have won millions of US dollars worth of Lottery and that they should travel to SA to collect the money”, said NSHR executive director Phil ya Nangoloh.

WAD’s Executive Director Veronica de Klerk on June 1 2010 said that her organization has received reliable information that three SA women of Xhosa and Afrikaans extraction have already entered Namibia and are recruiting Namibian girls for the mushrooming and lucrative sex industry in SA during the FIFA World Cup, scheduled to officially start on June 11 2010.

“Hence, we are calling upon Namibian families to be extra vigilant about sudden employment and other lucrative offers in SA for the young female members of their households. Namibia, with its outrageous unemployment rate and extremely high female joblessness, is a primary target of human traffickers”, warned ya Nangoloh.

In case of additional comment, please call Steven Mvula or Phil ya Nangoloh at Tel: (+264 61) 253 447 / 236 183) or Mobile: +264 811 406 888 (office hours) or +264 8129 12948 (Steven) or +264 811 299 886 (Phil) or E-mail: nshr@nshr.org.na