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General News of Sunday, April 28, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-28
Until now, it seems that only two of the security personnel have been identified
Afram Plains North MP Betty Krosbi Mensah once again expressed concern over alleged child trafficking in her constituency and lack of consideration for her residents.
She pulled the alarm bell after what she described as a military and police raid in the manner Rambo had led to the arrest of nine people.
"On Saturday, April 27, 2019, between 11 am and 2 pm, four speedboats carrying men in military and police uniforms with a white woman traveled to some communities in the island of Afram." Plains North without any provocation. in the middle of the shots and in the process arrested nine of my constituents. "
Krosbi Mensah told Citi News that she had received complaints as a result of shooting by staff members in the area, forcing residents to flee into the bushes.
"None of the community members understand why the decision to join the community in this style Rambo … the DCE is not aware of such operations. The social protection officer is not aware. District police services are also not aware of the operation. "
"As I speak to you, know that we do not know where the nine members of the community were sent … We do not even know where we need to do our follow-up or where we need to go elsewhere. and bail out those members of the community. "
District police in the dark
Superintendent Yaw Gadikor, District Police Commander of Afram Plains North, told Citi News that the MP for the Manchare region had formally complained to him.
According to Supt. Gadikor, it was not the first time that an operation involving other security personnel was being executed on his blind side.
"One of them happened two or three months ago and was brought to the DISEC [District Security Council] and in fact, the district told them that if it happened, they should inform us here.
Until now, it appears that only two of the security personnel have been identified, according to the officer.
"They have identified two of them as Donkorkrom wildlife personnel, so we try to get in touch with the boss. [of the Forestry Commission here]", Supt. Gadikor said.
The Citi News checks indicate that the Donkokrom wildlife officer confirmed that he had received instructions from his superiors in Koforidua to badist a team rushed to the area, for which he had given the two men.
The MP of Afram Plains North was right to complain in the past of similar operations aimed at rescuing Lake Volta children suspected of being trafficked for forced labor.
Krosbi Mensah argued that some NGOs funded by foreign funds showed a limited understanding of the context in fishing communities along the lake.
Although she acknowledged that not all children on the islands are working with their biological parents, she insisted that it was not because of the frantic sale or trafficking of children. children, as CNN and others have suggested.
The World Slavery Index estimates that there are currently 21,000 children working in and around Lake Volta.
Ghana prohibits all forms of trafficking under the Trafficking in Persons Act of 2005, which provides for a minimum sentence of five years' imprisonment for all forms of trafficking.
There are also other extremely detailed systems in the law that eliminate this crime.
But, unlike illegal mining over the years, the law has hardly had a deterrent effect.
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