Interior Minister worried about human trafficking


The Minister for the Interior, Prosper Bani, has expressed serious concerns about current state of human trafficking across the borders of Ghana which he says is negatively affecting the image of the country in the comity of nations. 

According to the Minister, Ghanaians, the victims who are mostly females who are lured out of the country, are subjected to inhuman treatment. 

As a means of effectively tackling the menace, the Interior Ministry has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee that involves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the appointment of a National Coordinator to properly coordinate all activities and programs aimed at addressing the problem. 

Mr. Bani, who made this known in Kumasi today also asked the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service to up its operations at intelligence gathering that can ensure conclusive prosecution of all cases of crime particularly human trafficking. 

Mr. Bani was addressing senior police officers of the Ashanti regional police command in Kumasi at the start of his two-day working tour of security agencies under his ministry in the Ashanti region.  
                                                                     
Mr. Bani noted that even though general crime wave in Ghana is currently under control, the Ghana Police Service should not allow communities and individuals to dictate the pace of security in the society. 

He assured the Police Service of the determination of the government to support the service with the required human resource via recruitment as well as the logistics to enable them to secure the country before, during and after the upcoming presidential and parliaments elections. 

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