Koforidua: 3 Human Traffickers Arrested, 20 Victims Rescued

The Police in Koforidua have arrested some foreign nationals suspected to be human traffickers. About 20 victims including three young women detained in a house were also rescued during the operation Saturday January 9, 2020. The suspects and victims numbering about 23 are in the custody of the Koforidua Central

Police station. The suspects rented the apartment at Trom, a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality and through the internet recruited their victims mostly from Burkina Faso under the guise of securing them a well paid job in Ghana. Upon arrival of their victims, they detain and extort monies from them, seize all traveling

documents and mobile phones. One of the male victims victims however managed to escape few days ago and after joining the Muslim prayers at Koforidua Zongo narrated his ordeal to the Muslim leadership through a French interpreter. According to a resident, Mr. Wahab Amadu, the Police were informed and with the support

from the youth from Koforidua Zongo located the house around 7pm, applied minimum force breaking into the rooms and arrested the suspects and rescued their victims. Dozens of mobile phones, Burkinabe Military uniform, documents, ID cards, laptops, cameras among others were retrieved from the suspects.