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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1412 

Congratulating the Government of South Africa upon its first two successful 

convictions for human trafficking. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 27, 2010 

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. GRANGER, and Mrs. MALONEY) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating the Government of South Africa upon its 

first two successful convictions for human trafficking. 

Whereas from June 11, 2010, through July 11, 2010, the 

2010 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by South Africa 

and include games played in stadiums across the country, 

including Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, 

Bloemfontein, Rustenburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, 

Nelspruit, and Polokwane; 

Whereas the 2010 FIFA World Cup is likely to attract an 

estimated 2,700,000 local spectators and 350,000 to 

500,000 visitors to the country; 

Whereas the influx of tourism is likely to lead to an increase 

in demand for sexual services and create demand for the 

commercial sexual exploitation of women and children; 


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Whereas the preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup 

have resulted in an influx of foreign workers, some of 

whom have gone on strike for nonpayment of wages; 

Whereas the hospitality industries may be particularly susceptible to labor trafficking during the 2010 FIFA World 

Cup; 

Whereas the Government of South Africa has invested in 

media campaigns and the training of law enforcement to 

detect and prevent human trafficking; 

Whereas the Government of South Africa has ordered schools 

to be closed during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, raising 

concerns that children will be unattended during a period 

of high trafficking potential; 

Whereas the United States Department of State has reported 

that, ‘‘South Africa is a source, transit, and destination 

country for trafficked men, women, and children. . . . 

Children are largely trafficked within the country . . . to 

urban centers like Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, 

and Bloemfontein—girls trafficked for the purposes of 

commercial sexual exploitation and domestic servitude; 

boys trafficked for forced street vending, food service, 

begging, crime, and agriculture . . .’’; 

Whereas women and girls have reportedly been trafficked into 

South Africa from as far away as Russia, Thailand, 

Pakistan, Philippines, India, China, Bulgaria, Romania, 

Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, 

Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Somalia; and 

Whereas civil society in South Africa has invested tremendous 

energy and resources into preventing human trafficking 

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•HRES 1412 IH 

ism, Leadership Conference of Consecrated Religious and 

the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the 

Catholic Church, the Salvation Army, the Tshwane 

Counter-Trafficking Coalition for 2010, and many other 

nongovernmental and religious organizations: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates the Government of South Af3 rica upon its first two successful convictions for 

4 human trafficking; 

5 (2) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

6 move quickly to adopt the Prevention and Com7 bating of Trafficking in Persons Bill in order to fa8 cilitate future prosecutions; 

9 (3) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

10 increase awareness among all levels of relevant gov11 ernment officials as to their responsibilities under 

12 the trafficking provisions of the Sexual Offenses and 

13 Children’s Acts; 

14 (4) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

15 prioritize anti-trafficking law enforcement during the 

16 2010 FIFA World Cup through expanded law en17 forcement presence, raids, and other measures in 

18 areas where trafficking for labor and sexual exploi19 tation are likely to occur; 


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1 (5) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

2 divert all prostituted persons under the age of 18 

3 from the criminal system into rehabilitative care; 

4 (6) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

5 ensure shelters and rehabilitative care are available 

6 to all human trafficking victims for the 2010 FIFA 

7 World Cup and beyond; 

8 (7) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

9 adopt measures to protect vulnerable children, in10 cluding those children unattended because of school 

11 closures and refugee children, as well as other poten12 tial victims, from sexual and labor exploitation; and 

13 (8) urges the Government of South Africa to 

14 detain and prosecute tourists participating in com15 mercial sexual exploitation of women and children 

16 during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. 

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