THE
Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Kangi Lugola, has raised the red flag
against people engaged in human trafficking, warning that the
perpetrators would face the long arm of the law.
Speaking
in Dar es Salaam during the official launching of a strategic plan to
curb the vice, during a period spanning 2018-2021, he directed law
enforcers to launch a special operation against the offenders, to
protect innocent people, especially the youths.
Many
victims of human trafficking are children and youths who are mainly
lured with money, and those nursing dreams of improving their lives and
supporting their families.
“They
often get offers of well-paid job in other countries, but when they
arrive there they realise that they were given empty promises only to
end up in disappointment,’’ the minister noted.
He
also urged the antitrafficking committee under the chairmanship of
Abeatus Magere to intensify their effort in the fight against human
trafficking to rescue youths who are the major labour force in the
country as Tanzania strives to realise its ambitious plan of
transforming the country into an industrial economy.
Mr
Lugola tasked the immigration department to make close follow-ups
seeking travel permits, stressing that loopholes for the issuance of
illegal passports should be sealed, and parental sensitisation for
children against being ensnared in the human trafficking vice.
The
minister stressed that the ministry under his charge was determined to
maintain peace and security, and combat vices like human trafficking.
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