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Durban abduction
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Watch: Alleged Durban ‘abduction’ caught on film – but it’s not what it seems…

Terence Darrell Kelly pleads g
World News

Terence Darrell Kelly pleads guilty to abducting four-year-old Australian Cleo Smith

North west school children abducted
News

WTF? 162 children ABDUCTED from North West school

Durban abduction
Offbeat

Watch: Alleged Durban ‘abduction’ caught on film – but it’s not what it seems…

Terence Darrell Kelly pleads g
World News

Terence Darrell Kelly pleads guilty to abducting four-year-old Australian Cleo Smith

North west school children abducted
News

WTF? 162 children ABDUCTED from North West school

Human Trafficking kidnapping hotspots
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Human trafficking: Where are the worst ‘kidnapping hotspots’ in SA?

By Tom Head23-09-2020 11:01

With human trafficking protests flaring up across the country on Wednesday, we look at the official SAPS list of ‘kidnapping hotspots’ in South Africa.

Cape Town abduction
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Grade R pupil ‘narrowly avoids abduction’ from Cape Town school

By Tom Head22-09-2020 14:45

Tensions amongst parents and caregivers have escalated in Cape Town this week, after a Grade R pupil was allegedly targeted in an abduction plot.

Florida human trafficking
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Florida kidnapping incident ‘not a case of human trafficking’ – SAPS

By Andrea Chothia16-09-2020 10:40

The incident in which a man tried to grab a four-year-old girl from a pizza shop in Florida, is not a case of human trafficking, police say.

Florida human trafficking
News

Man arrested for allegedly trying to abduct a child in Florida [video]

By Andrea Chothia11-09-2020 16:24

A 24-year-old man, who allegedly tried to abduct a child at a Florida restaurant, was arrested shortly after the incident on Thursday.

newborn baby kidnapped from mother in hospital in KZN
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Two women arrested for allegedly kidnapping newborn baby in KZN

By Andrea Chothia22-05-2020 13:14

Investigations revealed that the two women were planning to take the newborn baby to Gauteng.

Sandra Moonsamy
News

Sandra Moonsamy: Four men accused of her abduction due back in court

By Andrea Chothia28-01-2020 16:09

Four men accused of kidnapping Durban businesswoman Sandra Moonsamy in May 2019 are expected back in court on Tuesday.

Youth accused of kidnapping baby Tiwane says she is innocent
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Missing Kwahlelo Tiwane: Accused ‘social worker’ declares her innocence

By Andrea Chothia28-01-2020 11:48

A youth who allegedly posed as a social worker and abducted two-month-old Kwahlelo Tiwane, claims she can prove her innocence.

Baby abducted by fake social worker
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Two-month-old baby allegedly abducted by fake social worker in Parow

By Andrea Chothia18-01-2020 17:34

A two-month-old baby and one of two twin boys has allegedly been abducted by a woman posing as a social worker in Parow Cape Town.

Self-defence
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Good Samaritan offers self-defence classes to Cape Town teacher raped in taxi

By Andrea Chothia06-11-2019 16:12

A good Samaritan that stumbled onto the story of a Cape Town teacher that was raped in a taxi has offered her self-defence classes.

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