Control Prosecutor in the office of the Prosecutor General, Soraya Petrus, has raised concern that the low number of trafficking in persons cases reported in the two Kavango regions could be due to a lack of understanding.
Namibia has recorded six cases of trafficking in persons between June 2024 and June this year.
This was shared during the commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons held at Rundu.
The killing of an Otjinene resident has reignited long-forgotten tribal tensions in the community.
The Namibian Police Force’s (NamPol) Zambezi Region Commander, Commissioner Andreas Shilelo, has raised concerns about the high number of commercially licensed firearms being returned to police stations for safekeeping shortly after their approval.
The Namibian police are investigating three separate incidents of attempted murder reported over the weekend.
An 18-month-old baby girl was injured after she was thrown from a moving vehicle about 25 km outside Outjo, en route to Kalkfeld.
Police in the Kavango East Region have listened to the local residents who have been complaining about not feeling safe.
NamPol will now carry out regular patrols for the next two months.
The police in the Zambezi Region are searching for three escapees after five trial-awaiting inmates escaped from the Ngoma police station holding cells on Saturday.
Inspector General of the Namibian Police, Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo, has thanked Namibians for the manner in which they conducted themselves during the mourning period of the late Founding President, Sam Nujoma.
The Namibian police have seized drugs and illicit goods totalling N$304,890 over the weekend.
On Friday in Klein Kuppe, a 38-year-old Angolan man was arrested after being found in possession of 2,452 tablets suspected to be ecstasy.
The estimated street value of the drugs is N$294,240.
A 38-year-old Angolan national was arrested in Windhoek on Friday after it was determined that he was the alleged owner of a parcel containing ecstasy worth N$294,240.
The parcel was shipped to Namibia from Europe in November of last year.
