A 48-year-old Zimbabwean man has appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Court on allegations that he recruited job seekers with promises of lucrative employment in Russia before they were allegedly forced to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war as mercenaries. Oscar Sifelani Mtshiya appeared before magistrate Jesse Kufa on Friday facing five counts of human trafficking and five counts of operating an employment agency without registration.

A Zimbabwean man has alleged that a job opportunity in Ethiopia was a front for a drug trafficking operation that saw him forced to transport suspected narcotics before being held in Oman. Police are investigating after his family filed a report naming individuals involved in his recruitment.

HARARE – A Russian national has been arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on allegations of human trafficking after allegedly facilitating the travel of a Zimbabwean man to Russia under circumstances now under investigation by authorities. Leonid Koftev, 36, appeared before Harare magistrate Jessie Kufa on Wednesday, facing charges of human trafficking, breaching immigration conditions, and operating an unregistered employment agency. The court remanded him

BEITBRIDGE — Following a harrowing incident where six children were discovered hidden inside a taxi on Monday, April 6, South Africa’s Border Management Authority (BMA) has moved to clarify the rigorous protocols governing the handling of unaccompanied minors at ports of entry.