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Trafficking victim return pregnant

by Staff reporterr
03 May 2016 at 13:23hrs | Views

Thirty two trafficking female victims have arrived in Zimbabwe from Kuwait with one said to be pregnant.

Over 200 Zimbabwean women who fell victim to human trafficking in Kuwait.

Speaker of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda told reporters that 32 women who arrived aboard Emirates Airlines had brought nothing but their bodies back to Zimbabwe.

"They had to escape; so let me tell you that they brought nothing but their bodies back home since they had to escape from their employers, leaving everything behind in Kuwait," he said.

The women had been taken to a safe house where they would undergo psychological evaluation and health screening before being released to their families.

They were secretly whisked away from the airport.

One of the women is reportedly pregnant.



Source - the standard