Police in the Volta region have rescued 14 children in being trafficked to work on a vegetable farm at Adjena, near Akosombo in the Eastern Region as farmhands.
The Children; 11 boys and 3 girls aged between 10 and 16 have were being trafficked from Tatale in the Northern region.
The traffickers; Owusu Deveh, aged 42 and Ndonda Nakoja, aged 74 were arrested while in transit at Juapong in the Volta region and are currently standing trial at the Ho Cicuit Court.
“Investigation shows that parents of the trafficked victims will receive an amount of 2,ooo cedis for each child for each year that the child will work on the farm” Public Affairs Officer of the Volta regional Police, Corporal Prince Dogbatse revealed in a statement.
He said the 14 victims were rescued on 7th February, 2020 and have since been kept in temporary holding as police collaborate with relevant stakeholders to reintegrate them. He cautioned parents and the general public to desist from recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring, trading or receipt of persons especially children within and across the national borders for exploitation, forced labour or any service prohibited by law adding that any person found to engage in such activity shall be prosecuted by law.
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