94 trafficking victims saved

Police in Sudan have rescued 94 victims of human trafficking, including 85 minors, from open-air gold mines near Khartoum and the city’s international airport among other places, Interpol said on Monday.

Interpol, which coordinated the operation, said 14 people, 12 of them women, have been arrested.

Police seized $20 000 (R302 196) and Interpol said it was believed the money included ransom obtained in the abduction of a migrant who was among those rescued. – ANA