Police: 16 human trafficking cases in five years

Minister Kagiso Mmusi told Ntlo ya Dikgosi on Friday that the Botswana Police Service (BPS) has recorded 16 cases of human trafficking in the last five years. “There were five cases reported in 2018, two in 2019, and six in 2020, one was recorded in 2021 and two in 2022,” he said.

The minister was responding to a question from Kgosi James Khumanego of Ngwaketse West Region who asked the minister to state the number of human trafficking cases that have been reported to the police service in the last five years.