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Viewing cable 07DAKAR596, SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT UPDATE:

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07DAKAR596 2007-03-15 14:23 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Dakar 
VZCZCXRO6447
RR RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHDK #0596 0741423
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 151423Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY DAKAR
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7836
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHDC
 
UNCLAS DAKAR 000596 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR G, G/TIP, AF/W, AF/RSA, INL, PRM AND G/IWI 
ABIDJAN FOR TIP OFFICER 
ACCRA FOR USAID/WA 
BAMAKO FOR TIP OFFICER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF SG
SUBJECT: SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT UPDATE: 
NEW LAW BEIING USED TO PROSECUTE 
 
REF: A. DAKAR 0501 
B. 06 STATE 202745 
 
1.  (SBU) According to Judicial Police Director Ndoye, Senegal has 
successfully prosecuted two traffickers under the 2005 TIP law.  Two 
Senegalese marabouts, Serigne Mamadou Thiam and Abdou Faye, were 
each sentenced to 18 months for sending boys from Senegal to Mali, 
with the intention of sending them on to Cote d'Ivoire as talibes. 
 
2.  (U) In addition, the courts sentenced Christian Daniel Mallet, a 
French national born on April 29, 1945, to one year for pedophilia. 
 
3.  (U) COMMENT: These prosecutions are in addition to those 
detailed in Ref A.  END COMMENT. 
 
JACOBS