Desist from functioning as government institutions or agencies – Gender Ministry warns NGOs working in Human trafficking sector
By: Rachel Kakraba The Ministry of Gender and Social Protection has cautioned Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working in the Human trafficking sector, to desist from functioning as government institutions or agencies. It said the attempts by some of them to replicate government institutions thereby assuming positions of authority to resolve human trafficking issues is illegal and […]
Ghana has made progress in human trafficking prosecution– Gender Ministry
A Member of the Human Trafficking Management Board, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Professor Angela Ofori-Atta, says Ghana has made steady progress in the fight against Human Trafficking. The Clinical Psychologist, during the commemoration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Person (Blue Day), noted that the progress made in fighting transnational crime […]
Ghanaian children wrongly taken in raids backed by US charity IJM
Ghanaian children have been taken from their homes in an operation backed by one of the world’s leading anti-slavery organisations, according to a BBC Africa Eye investigation. The multimillion-dollar charity, International Justice Mission, aims to rescue trafficked children and reunite them with their families. But serious concerns have been raised about their West African operations.A […]
Ghanaian Businesswoman sentenced to eight years in prison for Human Trafficking
A Businesswoman who recruited and trafficked a lady from Ghana to Kurdistan, Iraq, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by an Accra Circuit Court. Beatrice Ofori is said to have received $4,500 and $7,000 from an agency for the act and promised to secure a seamstress job for the victim, who ended up […]
IJM supports Ghana Police to fight Human Trafficking on Volta Lake
By: David Jerry Bawanke The Ghana Police Service in a bid to eradicate Human trafficking on the Volta Lake has inaugurated four marine boats with support from the International Justice Mission, IJM in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti region. The IJM will also provide capacity building, trainings and operational logistics to the Marine […]
831 Human trafficking victims rescued,13 convicted
Source: GraphicOnline The security agencies last year rescued 831 human trafficking victims in the country. This was followed by 32 prosecutions, out of which 13 people have so far been convicted. The Chief Director of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP), Dr Afisah Zakariah, disclosed this in a speech read on her […]
Use approved channels to avoid falling victim to human trafficking – Ghana Police Anti-Human Trafficking Unit
By Seraphine Nyuiemedi The Director of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Superintendent Mike Baah says his Unit will not relent in prosecuting criminals engaged in any form of Human Trafficking. In view of this, the Unit in collaboration with other security agencies with intensified efforts to arrest perpetrators of […]
