April 22, 2025, 10:20 am
In a robust law enforcement sweep, authorities rescued 33 West Africans caught in a human trafficking ring masquerading as a Canadian job opportunity. The operation, conducted in the Ivory Coast, exposes a brazen scam that has critics questioning just how slick these recruiters really are.
DAKAR, Senegal — Police raids have rescued 33 West Africans from a human trafficking ring in Ivory Coast that lured people into paying fees and providing coerced labour by promising them jobs in Canada, the international police agency Interpol said Tuesday. Victims paid as much as $9,000 to...
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