SOCEPP: Sudanese nationals, with the full cooperation of Sudanese embassy workers in Addis Ababa, have taken over the traffic of Ethiopians to modern slavery in Lebanon through the Sudan. In the past this was a joint operation by Tigrean and Sudanese officials and traffickers.  However, the Sudanese have now taken over and their agents are active in Ethiopia recruiting victims from Gojjam, Gondar and beyond. This victims are given Sudanese visas by the embassy officials in Addis Abeba and then transported to Khartoum and then sent to Lebanon. The middle men have been cut out. The Sudanese seem to have an abundance of documents with Lebanese visas.  Read More…