Uganda's police save 29 Burundian girls, detain five suspects in human-trafficking racket

2021-04-06 08:00:20

(MENAFN) On Tuesday, Apr. 6 a police representative stated that Uganda's police has saved 29 Burundian girls and detained five suspects engaged in a human-trafficking racket in the east African nation.

The Burundian girls were saved while in transit to other nations for sex trade, said Charles Twiine, police spokesman for criminal probes directorate, to Xinhua over telephone.

Twiine stated: "we have rescued them (girls) and we have them here. I can't know whether they came from Bujumbura, Ruhengeri or whatever part of Burundi."

He added: "Uganda is a transit route. We are trying to see how we can work on mechanisms of taking them back."

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