- Washington “follows with interest” Morocco’s openness onto Africa (John Kerry)Posted 11 years ago
- The trial of South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius opened in Pretoria on Monday.Posted 11 years ago
- USA welcomes efforts of King Mohammed VI in MaliPosted 11 years ago
- Egypt’s population reaches 94 millionPosted 11 years ago
- Mugabe celebrates his 90thPosted 11 years ago
- Moroccan Monarch to Build a Perinatal Clinic in BamakoPosted 11 years ago
- King Mohammed VI handed a donation of bovine semen for the benefit of Malian breeders.Posted 11 years ago
- Moroccan King’s strategic tour to Africa: Strengthening the will of pan African Solidarity and stimulating the south-south cooperation mechanisms over the continentPosted 12 years ago
- Senior al-Qaida leader killed in AlgeriaPosted 12 years ago
- Libya: The trial of former Prime Minister al-Baghdadi AliPosted 12 years ago
2 Chinese arrested in Ghana for human trafficking
Two Chinese nationals are set to go on trial here for allegedly trafficking seven Vietnamese into Ghana, local reports said here on Wednesday.
According to local Joy f, radio station, the two were said to have been arrested after surveillance mounted on their activities since last November, by the police with support from ace investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
The director of the anti-human trafficking unit of the Police Service, Patience Quaye, who named one of the two Chinese as Hwan Se Hui, 49, explained that the two culprits were part of an international ring of human traffickers and were arrested by the police in their base in Takoradi, Wednesday.
“The suspects promised to send the Vietnamese women to work in a factory in the U. S. but rather brought them to Takoradi, Ghana, where they worked as prostitutes for several months,” Quaye added.
Quaye said the police had initially received information from the International Police Agency (Interpol) that some Vietnamese women were being trafficked to an unknown destination and alerted them to be on the lookout.
She said after tracking some contact numbers provided by Interpol it was realized the women had been trafficked into Ghana and so they had to alert all stakeholders to support them in arresting the traffickers.
Quaye said the suspects will quickly be prosecuted in Ghana and if found guilty would be jailed right here in Ghana.
“The victims will then be taken through some counseling session by the Gender Ministry, before they will be returned to Vietnam,” she said.
