NCB Interpol Indonesia - Gabon police rescue 140 victims of child trafficking and labour in INTERPOL co-ordinated operation

NCB Interpol Indonesia - Gabon police rescue 140 victims of child trafficking and labour in INTERPOL co-ordinated operation: "LIBREVILLE, Gabon – Police in Gabon have rescued more than 140 children who had been trafficked from 10 different countries to work as forced labour in local markets, in an INTERPOL-led operation codenamed Bana.

Some 44 people were arrested in the operation, which took place from 9-11 December and was the first operation of its kind in Central Africa.


During the operation, teams of officials carried out checks at market stalls in the capital city Libreville, where children as young as six years old were working in a variety of roles, from carrying heavy goods, to selling products."

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