Sudan police free 12 girls from human trafficking gangs

The Sudanese police announced on Wednesday the liberation of 12 girls from human trafficking gangs who were coming from a neighboring country on their way to a neighboring Arab country.

Police said in a press release: “In one of the operations, a specialized field team from the Criminal Investigation Department managed to free 12 girls in the eastern city of Al-Qadarif.”

“The victims are between the ages of 14 and 20,” the statement said. “They were nationals of a neighboring country who were on their way to an Arab country.”

The Sudanese police said that their team had also arrested 3 suspects involved in this criminal activity.”

The statement added that the operation started when information was received on the presence of victims who were locked in a house in the city of Al-Qadarif to be transported to Khartoum and then to an Arab country via Khartoum airport.

The statement continued: “After confirming the information, a plan was devised to arrest the defendants and free the victims through a carefully planned qualitative raid operation.”

The Sudanese police were alerted that passports were seized in the possession of the girl victims and did not have any immigration or health procedures.

The statement continued: “The police took legal measures against them, and the victims were deported to their country through the Ethiopian city of Gallabat and the accused were subjected to investigations to find out the circumstances and dimensions of the crime.”

For his part, the Director of the Qadarif State Police, Major General Kampal Hossain, confirmed that the police were continuing their efforts to secure the border and eliminate organized crime.

The arrest comes within the framework of the implementation of the joint plan of the Al-Qadarif police and the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations, which aims to combat smuggling and eliminate the phenomenon of human trafficking, he said.