By Staff Reporter
South Africans must be extremely careful when applying for unverified job opportunities overseas, according to Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Andries Nel.
His concerns follow recent reports of job offers and opportunities circulating on social media targeting young South African women with promises of lucrative employment in Russia.
These offers, which are often promoted through informal online channels and social media, have been linked to serious risks of labour exploitation and human trafficking.
Many traffickers lured their victims by way of false advertisements for jobs or by creating the impression that they were legitimately recruiting staff, the department said in a statement on Wednesday.
An example was the case of 23 South Africans who were rescued and repatriated from Myanmar in March this year. Before leaving South Africa last year, they were lured to Thailand under false pretences by an employment agency that promised them lucrative
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