More DRC trafficking prosecutions, but more must be done, minister says
DRC law currently criminalises all forms of sex trafficking, but not all types of labour trafficking
01 July 2020 - 17:41
Kinshasa — Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must do more to end the use of child soldiers by the military and armed groups, its human rights minister said after the US government commended the country's progress on fighting human trafficking.
The central African nation was upgraded last week in the US state department's annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, moving from the lowest ranking — tier 3 — to tier 2 Watch List and avoiding the risk of sanctions from Washington...
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