Human trafficking victims, including children, found in Mpumalanga

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39 victims of human trafficking have been rescued from a farm in Belfast in Mpumalanga. The victims include 7 women, 9 children under the age of 5, and 23 men. The Hawks say the victims were brought into South Africa in a taxi from Mozambique, where the son of a farm owner allegedly paid the taxi driver, for the victims. They were then taken to a farm as laborers.

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