IOM Communications Officer Nde Ndifonka says as many as 800, 000 people are being trafficked across borders annually and millions more within their own countries. Ndifonka says after the fall of apartheid and the opening of South African borders, the country became more attractive to criminal syndicates.
Ndifonka says the demand for sexual services has increased in relation to the demand for labour due to the new economy. He says South Africa has become a kind of a harbour. "... Because of the easy transportation ... networks that exist in South Africa, people can come in and get flights to other places."
