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IJM Ghana and Ghanaian police rescued 24 boys, the youngest seven, who had been forced to work in the fishing industry on Lake Volta, after months of joint work to identify suspected traffickers on the lake.
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Three suspects were arrested for attempting to purchase a one-year old baby.
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The traffickers were taking children from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana to Accra. The 29 children, ages 2-19, were intercepted at Tamale aboard a passenger bus bound for Accra.
Ghana GH
Two men were driving 118 children from Akumfi Ekupoanu in Ghana's Central Region. They were intercepted at Half-Assim in the Western Region, heading west.
Ghana GH
13 people were arrested by police on the outskirts of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region on Aug. 14, 2010, suspected to be trafficking children. Three were drivers of commerical buses. On the spot investigation revealed that the children were probably recruited from towns and villages in the Greater Accra and Volta Regions like ADa, Ningo, Sege, Kporgunor, Lekporgunor and surrounding areas. They are believed to have been bound to Yeji, a fishing village in the Brong Ahafo Region along the northern reaches of the Volta River, for exploitation. The buses carried a large number of passengers, of whom many are believed to be children being trafficked.
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A man told the victim's parents he would be involved in his successful sales business. He sold the victim to fishers on Lake Volta, who enslaved him for 8 years From 4 to 8 a.m., he pulled the nets into the boat and unloaded the fish to the riverside. Then spent the day mending nets to prepare for more fishing in the afternoon. First meal of the day was eaten in the afternoon, and the second and last one just before bed. He was frequently beaten, other times he was punished by having the fishermen steer the boat away, forcing him to swim a long distance to catch up with them. Web address(es) of reports www.freetheslaves.net/NETCOMMUNITY .SSLpage.aspx?pid=378&srcid=248
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17 Children aged 5 to 17 were attempted to be trafficked from Ghana to Burkina Faso. A woman was arrested at the border town of Kulungugu for the attempt. More information: http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Ghana.htm
Ghana GH
Many of the children were sold or given into slavery as fishers and divers when they were too young to remember, and have done it all their lives, for at least the past 15 years. They were recruited from poor families who felt themselves incapable of providing for their children.
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Twenty-one children were rescued by Challenging Heights, an NGO operating in Winneba. The children, aged between eight and 17, were rescued from various fishing villages along the Volta Lake. Rescued from fishing villages along Lake Volta, the children originally came from Winneba, Central Region, Ghana.