{As part of the Rwanda National Police continued anti-human trafficking campaign, officers, on March 31, engaged over 250 students of GS Nyarubuye in Kirehe District to be wary of people who pose as well-wishers but with ill intentions of trafficking them.}
Police also detailed to the students the effects of human trafficking and how victims are exploited and urged them to always report to police such strangers.
“Human trafficking is real and Rwanda is no exception to this modern day slavery, although it’s still at a very low rate here,” Inspector of Police (IP) Gahigi Harerimana, the District Community Liaison Officer of Kirehe told the students.
“Victims are denied their rights and basic necessities such as medical, sleep and paid a penny or nothing as they are used as prisoners people with no value,” IP Harerimana said.
He added that; Trafficked individuals may be exposed to serious health risks, harassed, assaulted, induced to hard labour, physically brutalized which at times results into death. Girls are in most cases sexually abused,” he explained.
Human trafficking is currently one of the major crimes affecting the world .
“Men, women and children, anyone can become a victim, but through such awareness and timely exchange of information on traffickers, we will break this inhuman act.”
“Traffickers use violence, threats, blackmail, false promises, deception, and manipulation to trap vulnerable individuals for several ugly exploitation.”
IP Harerimana reminded the students that the different social media platforms such as facebook are used to lure persons into the crime, and warned them about the ills of sharing their personal information online to people they don’t know.
Leave a Reply