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Child traffickers arrested

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    Police in Djougou, in Benin’s northern Atacora District, have rescued 14 children aged between 10 and 14 from child traffickers, PANA reported today. The children, from Bassila about 400 km north of Cotonou, were in a Nigerian registered vehicle and under the supervision of four Benin adult nationals when they were stopped by police, PANA said. The children told police they were promised video tapes, cassette recorders and bicycles. The traffickers are being held in custody in Djougou, 550 km northwest of Cotonou.

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