Good afternoon. It remains to be seen whether the 16 Mozambicans who were intercepted at Maputo airport on Sunday, where they were preparing to board a plane to Vietnam (see below), were being trafficked in the strict sense of being transported for the purpose of forced labour or other exploitative work. It would not be the first time that Mozambicans have been trafficked, although previous cases have involved people being sent to the Middle East and Portugal, as well as women being pressed into prostitution in South Africa.
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In any case, if the details reported are correct, then it appears that the arrangements for the workers were irregular, as they did not have work visas. They would also have needed work contracts in order to be legally engaged to work abroad. Legislation brought in in response to concerns about human trafficking requires employers and labour agencies to provide proper contracts before people are sent abroad for work.
