Police on Sunday confirmed the arrest of two Rwandans suspected of being members of a human trafficking racket headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. Police said following a tipoff the suspects were nabbed on Thursday in a suburban hotel in Nyabugogo with three female victims who were being readied for a trip to Nairobi.
According to the police, they operated a racket that targeted desperate young girls and single mothers with the lure of working abroad for huge salaries and were under constant police surveillance.
Police Spokesman Celestin Twahirwa, underscored human trafficking in Rwanda as a real threat and not a myth, urging the public to always provide timely information that helps security officers infiltrate traffickers.
Late last year, Rwandan police rescued two victims including a female student who had been trafficked to Zambia.
In another swoop, a Ugandan girl was intercepted at Kigali International Airport as she was being trafficked to Asia.
At least 153 cases of human trafficking were registered in Rwanda since 2009, 90 percent of them female and 82 percent between the age of 18 and 35.
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