ConPAHT Talithakum Ghana in collaboration with the Anti-trafficking unit of Ghana Police service has rescued seven girls aging between fourteen (14) and twenty-three (23) years.
The seven girls were trafficked to Ghana by some unsuspecting agents who acted as business partners in Nigeria, and needed workers to fill vacancies in shopping mall, factories and boutiques with high paying salaries and allowances.
According to the girls, they were promised Eight thousand Ghana Cedis (GHS800.00) as basic salary every two weeks if they come to Ghana. But they were forcibly camped at a prostitution base in Kumasi to work as sex workers when they arrived. They also recounted several difficulties including hunger, maltreatment and exploitations they went through in the country.
The Ashanti regional command of the Anti-Trafficking unit of Ghana Police service, which has been a collaborative partner of ConPAHT-Talitha Kum Ghana and Safe-Child Advocacy in the fight against human trafficking, assisted us to rescue these girls from the ghettos and also arrest the perpetrators of these crimes. Court case is filed against the traffickers, and we hope justice would be served to protect the victims.
The National Coordinator of Talitha Kum Ghana, Rev Sr. Olivia Umoh, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul who is also the Director for Safe-Child Advocacy, narrates how precarious the human trafficking situation is in Ghana and Africa at large. She also called on governments, civil society organizations and individuals to act vehemently towards eradicating the canker.
Watch her narration in a video below, and pictures of the rescued victims below: 👇
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