{"id":2000126202,"date":"2026-09-17T09:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000126202"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:20:25","slug":"297-rwandans-rescued-from-human-trafficking-abroad-over-one-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/297-rwandans-rescued-from-human-trafficking-abroad-over-one-year\/","title":{"rendered":"297 Rwandans rescued from human trafficking abroad over one year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ingabire Joselyne, Senior State Attorney in charge of International Justice and Judicial Cooperation at the Ministry of Justice, disclosed the figures in Rubavu on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, during a campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRecent figures on human trafficking show that 297 people had been repatriated between July 2025 and June 2026. This remains a serious and concerning crime globally, as many people are lured through technology,\u201d Ingabire said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that 11 cases involving 12 people accused of human trafficking had been tried, demonstrating that the crime also occurs in Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking to IGIHE, Ingabire said the 297 people had been trafficked to four countries including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Oman. Most of those repatriated were young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said repatriated victims receive different forms of support, including medical care for six months before they are reintegrated into their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents also said human trafficking remains a growing concern, including in neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda has ratified several international agreements aimed at combating human trafficking and continues to implement their provisions, although challenges remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Measures include prosecuting people involved in trafficking, preventing the crime through awareness campaigns, protecting victims and strengthening cooperation in the fight against human trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past three years, 54 people in Rwanda have been convicted and sentenced for human trafficking offences. They include 12 convicted in 2025, 18 in 2024 and 24 in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking was held in Rubavu on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ingabire Joselyne, Senior State Attorney in charge of International Justice and Judicial Cooperation at the Ministry of Justice, disclosed the figures on Tuesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rwanda repatriated 297 of its citizens who had been trafficked to different countries between July 2025 and June 2026, according to the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000126204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000126202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-37","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000126204,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/curuj.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":600,"height":278,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/curuj.jpg","width":600,"height":278},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/curuj.jpg","width":600,"height":278},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/curuj.jpg","width":600,"height":278},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/curuj.jpg","width":600,"height":278},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/curuj.jpg","width":600,"height":278}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000126202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000126202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000126202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000126206,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000126202\/revisions\/2000126206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000126204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000126202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000126202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000126202"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000126202"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000126202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}