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Crime
Report: Human Trafficking

I am concerned about the safety and security of our school children, if
the reports are true that the Department of Education are considering
closing down all schools during the one month of world cup games.

Actually I feel outraged that hundreds of thousands of children will be
exposed to the very real threat of human trafficking.

I have no quarrel with the current safety plan, except that it does not
address the specific threats of human trafficking during and after the
world cup.

Surely it makes more sense to continue school during this period?
Children can continue their schooling at the normal hours of 8am to 3pm
in a safe disciplined environment under supervision as per normal
school hours.

If children are left to roam free over this period they may be targeted
by human traffickers and those sexual predators that will also be on a
sex and soccer holiday.

If schools are closed for this period, every host city is going to have
a large number of young children wandering around in the hope of seeing
their soccer heroes, or watching a game and becoming vulnerable to
exploitation.

Girls as young as seven and eight years old are particularly vulnerable
as they are being targeted by traffickers.
Closing down the schools will put pressure on working parents, and
single parent families to find care givers or expose their children to
the risk of being “left Home Alone!” without supervision or some form
of controlled activity over the next 30 days of World Cup activities.
 
The danger is that In a Human Trafficking snare; these young children
will be sexually violated as many as eight times a day! It’s not worth
the risk of even one child!

The warnings above are cited from the revealing findings and research
done on, “Impact of the world 2010 World Cup on abuse, Exploitation and
Trafficking of Children”

Referrals:
Clayton Barnes Cape Argus
 
John Preller

John Preller
Fax: 086 6661145
Cell: 084 446 7137
E-mail: jpreller[AT]telkomsa.net