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Woman rescued after three months in human trafficking situation

A woman in her mid-40s was rescued from alleged human trafficking in northern Pretoria on Wednesday, 7 October after being held in a locked room for three months.

Foto: Proshield Security

GAUTENG. — A woman, apparently in her mid-40s, was rescued on Wednesday, 7 October from a human trafficking situation in the north of Pretoria after allegedly being held behind locked doors in a room for three months. She tested positive for six controlled substances and was allegedly injected on the morning of her rescue.

According to Proshield Security, that service worked together with Bidvest Protea Coin, GAC Security, Proshield Security, the SAPD's Soshanguve K9 unit and operators from Unchain Our Children to free the woman. She was allegedly forced to provide sexual favours to various men in exchange for accommodation and food. Further details about the circumstances of her alleged detention and whether any suspects have been taken into custody are not known.

This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.