Gov’t crackdowns on human trafficking

MDJS held a two day long public workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday which sought public opinion on what deficiencies the existing anti-human trafficking legislative framework retains that hinder the government’s ability to crackdown on human traffickers.

The ministry also sought to align Botswana with the minimum legislative framework requirements against human trafficking dictated by the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) treaty. Despite Botswana having signed the multilateral treaty in 2002 and amending further supplementary protocol in 2014, the nation still remains Tier 2 ranked according to the 2021 Trafficking in Person Report of June.