BY: Akpabli Daniel Yao/IGnews/Ho
International Justice Mission (IJM) has organized training
for investigators with the Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the Volta Regional
Police Command in Ho.
According to the organisers, the 10-day training is aimed at
enhancing the skills of investigators whose chief task is to help reduce or
possibly eliminate the incident of Human Trafficking in the region.
They took participants through various aspects of
investigation into issues relating to Human Trafficking.
However, the Regional Police Commander, DCOP MR. Edward
Oduro Kwateng noted that human trafficking was a global menace where Ghana was
identified as a source, transit and destination country for the traffickers.
He further lamented the incidents of trafficking young boys
and girls to fishing communities to engage in fishing and selling smoked fish
respectively.
Participants at the end of the training expressed their
appreciation to IJM, the facilitators especially C/Supt. Rtd MR. Felix Mawusi
for the knowledge imparted and also assured of putting the new skills to good
use in enhancing their productivity.
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