Police arrested an alleged pimp, Michael Okene Okeke, on allegations that the 48-year-old lured a 25-year-old woman to Cape Town from Gauteng under false pretences after the two were introduced by a friend at a party two months ago. Upon arrival, the young woman was reportedly locked up at a house in Brooklyn, near Milnerton, where she was forced to take drugs and become a prostitute.
In March police arrested Lebogang Molapo, 33, and Andy Okafor, 34, after they allegedly recruited and transported a 35-year-old women from Joburg and locked her up at a house in Milnerton and attempted to force her into prostitution. “The area has become like a second Hillbrow in how prevalent is has become for sex trade and where young girls are first brought to,” she said.
Grootboom said women who are working with traffickers to recruit other women for sex trade was a growing trend.
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