Thirteen Ethiopian Immigrants Detained

Thirteen Ethiopian immigrants were detained on Sunday night along the Kenya-Tanzania border.

According The Star the police have since launched an investigation into a possible human trafficking syndicate.

Msabweni police boss, Joseph Omijah said that immigrants are being smuggled to South Africa via the Indian Ocean.

According to non-governmental organisation, Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART) Kenya has the highest rate of human trafficking in both Central and East Africa. As a source, transit, and destination country, Kenyan urban centres such as Nairobi and Mombasa provide both the supply and demand required to grow the industry. Often victims are trafficked either to or through Kenya from neighboring countries such as South Sudan, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.