Step up efforts against human trafficking

Police in Uganda this week rescued six Rwandan girls from sex slavery in the neighbouring country’s western district of Bushenyi as part of a broad, region-wide crackdown on crime. This particular result of the operation, codenamed ‘Usalama’, was shocking to say the least, especially the fact that the discovery was in a township in a far-flung rural area, and not in a major urban centre, which points to the sophisticated tactics employed by human traffickers. While this crime is believed to be at significantly low levels in Rwanda, the latest development means that we rest on our laurels at our own perils.