Sex Trafficking2009
Ghana GH
Accra, June 23, GNA - A Circuit Court in Accra on Monday found three Chinese who were busted for transporting and trafficking 10 Chinese girls to engage in the sex trade in Ghana, guilty and handed down various jail terms on them.
Sex Trafficking2007
Ghana GH
Police stopped the bus Mahad was being held captive and transported in, found her chained under the seats and released her. Differing media accounts regarding the cause of her attempted enslavement led to little if any action pursuing her captor and her would-be owner. Mahad is now recovering with the aid of a women's help group in Accra.
Sex Trafficking2009
Ghana GH
James was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment, while Chou and Sam were sentenced to 12 years imprisonment each. James was sentenced to two years imprisonment on the charge of conspiracy and 15 years on the charge of human trafficking, while his wife was sentenced to two years imprisonment and 10 years imprisonment on the charges of conspiracy and human trafficking, respectively. Sam was jailed two years for conspiracy and 10 years for abetment. Their sentences are to run consecutively. The court ordered the deportation of the convicts after serving their terms. It also ordered that the $14,560 which was found in James’s house on February 14, 2009, the day of the arrest, must be paid into the human trafficking fund and part must be used to pay the amounts James owed the victims.