神马文学网At least 31 Somali nationals arrested in Kenya
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At least 31 Somali nationals arrested in Kenya
08:34, August 23, 2010 
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stumbleupon Police in the Kenyan coastal town of Kwale have unearthed a major human trafficking syndicate involving Somali nationals who had been hidden at a holding ground in a remote village and were in transit to South Africa.The arrests were made after some 31 youthful Somalis were found holed in a remote village house in Milalani, Msambweni area where they had allegedly been abandoned as the organizers of the intricate cartel planned to get more of their colleagues from other parts of the country.
Kwale Police chief Richard Muguia confirmed the arrests on Sunday. The two other Somalis, ages 47 and 57 and suspected to be part of the mastermind in the syndicate, were also arrested on Friday night and are being held at Diani Police Station.
Muguai said all the suspects, who only speak Somali, had to use an interpreter to explain details to them, and confessed that they had been ferried to the house in bits and entered in Kenya via Garissa with stopovers in Nairobi and Mombasa. "The group said they were facilitated to move near exit points, like now in Msambweni, we have Vanga and Shimoni, so they were expected to leave the country via illegal routes, and through the use of boats," Muguia said.
The officer said the suspects, who will be charged in court on Monday, paid around 200 U.S. dollars to ensure they are taken to South Africa to allegedly to allegedly secure promising jobs.
In what could be seen as one of the most advanced network of human trafficking and illegal activities, the officer also said the Somalis confirmed some of them had been forced to join the Somalia militant group Al-Shabaab and put on the battle field where they died in large numbers.
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