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Mozambican police stunned by child smuggling
Mozambican children are being smuggled across the border and forced to work as sex slaves in neighbouring South Africa, a spokesperson for police chiefs told state television on Wednesday.

"We have had some confirmed cases of children, especially teenage girls, who have been press-ganged to work as sex slaves in South Africa," said Joaquim Bule, spokesperson for the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organisation (SARPCCO) which ended a two-day meeting here late on Tuesday.

Bule said that combatting the trafficking of children through criminal networks operating in Mozambique and South Africa should be included in the police organisation's list of priorities.

He said other cross-border crimes of concern to the organisation included arms and drugs trafficking, motor vehicle and cattle theft.

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