Suspected human trafficking victims who escaped from Lombardy East property promised jobs in SA

JOHANNESBURG - Reports suggest the foreign nationals who escaped from a house in Lombardy East, Johannesburg on Wednesday were promised employment in South Africa.
 
Police have confirmed that there were over 30 suspected human trafficking victims that were taken to the Sandringham Police Station, where they are currently being kept in custody.
 
Reports suggest that some were kept on the premises for as long as 11 months, while others died and had their bodies thrown away.

The promise of greener pastures is what landed the foreign nationals in South Africa.
 
But they were soon confronted with sheer devastation as they were held captive and barely fed, until Wednesday morning, when these scenes played out in Lombardy East, Johannesburg.

The nationals were taken to Sandringham Police Station where a translator was called to the scene.
 
Adise Chuafmaa Jarse gives an account of the situation the immigrants were faced with.
 
"I asked them how they are keeping, how they give their food. No food and no clothes. And they beat them badly. Sometimes people die, they must throw away."