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Swakop man convicted of child trafficking sentenced to eight years

Swakop man convicted of child trafficking sentenced to eight years

Written by Simon Endjala on 11 October 2018.

WINDHOEK, 11 OCT (NAMPA) – A Swakopmund resident found guilty of harbouring minor children for sexual exploitation, was on Thursday sentenced to an effective eight years imprisonment.
On 18 September 2018, Bertus Koch, 41, was found guilty on five counts of receiving and harbouring five minor girls between the ages of nine and 13 for sexual exploitation between November 2015 and May 2016 in the DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund.
Koch was also found guilty on five alternative counts dealt with under the ...