Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a lecture on Trafficking in Human Beings in Angola, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Francisco Queirós, said that the database of the body he runs has registered about 100 cases of human trafficking. human beings, of which 30 are under investigation.
"It was found that many people who are victims of trafficking transit legal documents, they are legally issued documents, they are issued to carry legally, especially unaccompanied children, statements that are notarized," he said.
The minister defended "a better preparation" of the registry and notary services "so as not to collaborate unconsciously with the international human trafficking networks".
According to Francisco Queirós, in 2019 the authorities investigated 27 cases of trafficking in human beings, many of which were final.
However, for the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, at the country level the situation of human trafficking "is not yet dire or alarming".
"So that we never reach this situation, so that we never reach disturbing levels", it is "necessary" to work hard ", he stressed.
The cooperation between various State agencies such as the Ministry of Interior and the police, the Migration and Foreigners Service and the entire internal security network contributes, according to the minister, to the control and combat of human trafficking.
The actions "must also count on international authorities such as Interpol and others, because Angola is, for example, registered in the SADC (Southern African Development Community) database and in this articulated way it is possible to repress and, above all, prevent the trafficking of human beings, "he said.
Angola has several legal provisions on protection and combating trafficking in human beings, has an inter-ministerial commission to combat this crime and last February approved the National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking.
