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Podcast: First Take SA
Episode: Human trafficking has become a national crisis in South Africa
Description: The United Democratic Movement, UDM says human trafficking has become a national crisis in South Africa, with thousands of lives destroyed through sexual exploitation, forced labour and debt bondage. The party says the country's severe unemployment rate has created a recruitment tool for traffickers, who prey on desperate individuals seeking income or work abroad. Recent reports have exposed the scale of this crisis, with cases of human trafficking discovered in Johannesburg, Durban, and other parts of the country. Traffickers are using social media to lure victims with false promises of lucrative jobs, only to exploit them for sex or...