The Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) says it has arrested eighteen Sierra Leoneans for human trafficking at the Roberts International Airport in Monrovia after it was discovered that they were being trafficked to Iraq and Turkey.
According to the Spokesman of the LIS, Abraham Dorley, the fifteen women and three men were arrested while trying to board an aircraft for Iraq and Turkey when it was discovered that they were being trafficked by unknown individuals.
The suspicious of the LIS grew when the Sierra Leoneans decided to use to use the Liberia transit point instead of their home country (Sierra Leone) for fear of being caught.
Mr. Dorley said those arrested are in the holding cell of the LIS, and are awaiting further information from their Sierra Leonean counterparts.
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