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JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng police are investigating a suspected human trafficking ring in Lombardy East, Johannesburg. 

This follows a dramatic escape by over 30 foreign nationals, most of them minors, from a house in the area.

READ: Human trafficking | 15 rescued in Lombardy East

The victims, believed to be from Ethiopia, include children as young as 13.

Authorities suspect they had been held captive for months, with their captors demanding ransoms.

Gauteng Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni, spoke to eNCA. 

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