The Border Management Authority BMA has intercepted 30 travellers in two suspected human-trafficking attempts at OR Tambo International Airport, as festive-season operations to tighten border security intensify.
Acting commissioner Jane Thupana confirmed the interceptions, saying they form part of the authoritys broader efforts to clamp down on irregular migration, visa fraud and transnational organised crime.
In the first incident, 14 Ethiopians, five men and nine women, were stopped on Wednesday after arriving on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
