In a bid to raise awareness about and discourage underground trade in human skin, there is currently an exhibition of human skin at an international business fair in Dar es Salaam.

Police in Tanzania have uncovered a ring that has been skinning people. A total of six young people are thought to have been killed and skinned in the Mbeya region of southwestern Tanzania. They say that the skins are in huge demand outside Tanzania and that they are transported to Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo before reaching their final destination in West Africa where they are used in witchcraft rituals.

The prices of the human skins range from $2,400 to $9,600, depending on the age of the victim, police say.