Refers to recruitment, transportation, harbouring or receipt of persons, transfer, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purposes of exploitation (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s 2005 AU38: The in-text citation "Drugs and Crime’s 2005" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. situational assessment of human trafficking in the SADC,2007 AU39: The in-text citation "SADC,2007" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ). The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall be considered ‘trafficking in persons’ (Musadembura, 2017 AU40: The in-text citation "Musadembura, 2017" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ).
Published in Chapter:
Human Trafficking Discourse in Zimbabwe
Simbarashe Munamati (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe & Reformed Church University, Zimbabwe & Murray Theological College, Zimbabwe)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9282-3.ch001
Abstract
Despite being confronted with a myriad of challenges that are economic, social, and environmental, the Zimbabwean nation is overwhelmed by human trafficking cases. Previous studies have established that human trafficking proliferation is orchestrated by religious, social, and economic motives aimed at in most if not all cases self-enrichment. The chapter presents that the Zimbabwean form of human trafficking can take different forms whereby victims may be lured to participate in prostitution, robberies, and suicidal killings whilst in some cases, they can be killed for body organs usage in rituals. The study established that Zimbabwe has experienced many painful years of economic decay. Hence, it has become a breeding ground for both old and new forms of human trafficking. The chapter recommends that awareness campaigns, maximisation of law enforcement agents in combating human trafficking prevalence, and crafting human trafficking-combating policies are some of the various ways the Zimbabwean society can nip human trafficking in the bud.