The Karonga First Grade Magistrate’s Court has denied bail two suspected child traffickers who were arrested over the weekend for allegedly tracking 26 Muslim students under the pretext of taking them for training to Zanzibar in Tanzania. During the proceedings, lawyer George Jivason Kadzipatike representing the suspsects asked the court to give bail to his […]
Malawi continues to experience an increase in the case of women and child trafficking due to weak laws, poverty, limited education and awareness, according to YouthNet and Counselling (YONECO) vice board chair Nanzen Kaphagawani He said this during the closing ceremony of a two weeks training on REFLECT at Naming’azu trading centre in the old […]
Former information minister Patricia Kaliati will remain as one courageous “village idiot” who made efforts to fight child trafficking through strengthening legislative measures, activists have said. Talkative Kaliati was praised by anti-trafficking expert and advocate Habiba Rezwana Osman for her concerted effort to have the 2010 Child Care and Justice Protection Bill enacted into law […]
Mchinji First Grade Magistrate, Steve Chifomboti, on Monday ruled 36 year old, Gabriel Galazio, from Chazuka village, TA Mavwere in Mchinji to pay MK20, 000 or spend 18 months in prison for trying to traffic five people to Zambia. Chifomboti also told Galazio to pay MK7000 to each victim for transport to their village. The […]
Police in Mtakataka on Monday evening arrested two sisters Rose James and Florida Beseni for putting on sale their biological father to a prominent businessman, Musa M’bwana, for alleged economic reasons. The sisters according to Police Sub-inspector, Inness Tambala, decided to sale their father to M’bwana who is reputed to be a major trader in […]
Child Justice Court Judge, Esmie Tembenu, has said Malawi Police officers must not exclude government vehicles when conducting searches for potential criminal activities, including human trafficking. Tembenu was speaking during a public discussion on the role of society in supporting victims of human trafficking at Malawi College of Medicine in Blantyre. “Often when police are […]
Fingers of blame are pointing at Malawi government authorities for the increased cases of child trafficking in the country. The blame largely stems from the reluctance of government authorities to take the anti-human trafficking bill into parliament despite its approval by the cabinet some years ago. The panelist on the Radio Islam’s hottest panel discussion […]