Johannesburg, Dec 14 (PTI) South Africa is to deport 16 Bangladeshi nationals who arrived in the country on Friday with fake visas, officials said.

The Bangladeshis had arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.

The Acting Commissioner of BMA, Jane Thupana, confirmed that this was part of the authority's intensified efforts to combat human trafficking, irregular migration and transnational organised crime, particularly during the festive season peak.

Their interception followed the BMA's analysis of passenger details, which flagged their movement pattern as suspicious.

Preliminary investigations revealed a modus operandi commonly used in human trafficking syndicates, where individuals attempt to transit through South Africa enroute to neighbouring countr

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