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CAPE TOWN (AFP) - – South African police have rescued 21 Thai women believed to be human trafficking victims from an alleged brothel, a spokesman said on Sunday.
 
"We suspect that they may be victims of human trafficking," said Paul Ramaloko, spokesman for the Hawks specialised crime-fighting unit.
 
"We really couldn't establish whether they are victims of trafficking or not so what we have done is we have removed them to a place of safety and then we are just going to conduct some interviews with them."
 
Police acted on a tip-off early Saturday morning that the women, who range from 23 to 27 years old, had been trafficked and were being sexually exploited in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, he said.
 
The women had all been in South Africa for less than a month.
 
A South African woman was arrested for operating an illegal brothel.
 
The Thai women's passports were recovered alongside cash and a small amount of heroin, said Ramoloko.
 
South Africa has beefed up anti-trafficking measures, including proposing its first direct legislation, and has set up regional police coordinators and task teams ahead of the football World Cup which starts on June 11.
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
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