Judge Warns Alleged Human Traffickers

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FRANCISTOWN: Justice Bashi Moesi has sternly warned three men who are each facing five counts of promoting trafficking in persons when granting them bail recently.

John Mayodi, Enock Nkatha and Gaston Kamanga were arrested at Botswana’s Kazungula border with Zambia on July 11, 2016 and have been remanded in custody since then.

Granting the accused bail, Justice Moesi said: “… I can safely state that the risk, if any existed, of the applicants in any way interfering with the alleged victims has now passed. There is thus absent any information justifying the continued remand of the applicants in custody”.

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