The Human Trafficking Secretariat (HTS) underneath the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social PROTECTION (MoGCSP) with the assist of Expertise France is organizing a four-day ‘Advanced Training and Sensitization Workshop’ for some fifty (50) chosen Law Enforcement Officers to nib the menace of Human Trafficking within the nation.
The workshop began on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, and is predicted to finish on Friday, July 22 2022 in Accra.
The challenge, funded by European Union in Ghana by way of the European Union Emergency Trust Fund and Expertise France, is constructed round 4 elements, specifically; (the institutional and operational consolidation of interdepartmental our bodies combating towards human trafficking, regulation enforcement, safety of victims and regional cooperation)
The goal of the coaching is to reinforce the fundamental abilities of Law Enforcement Agencies and Social Workers with regard to the identification and administration of human trafficking circumstances.
The coaching is focused to interact individuals on numerous ideas of human trafficking, improve their interview abilities and likewise heighten individuals’ witness safety measures in addition to foster collaboration and networking amongst Law Enforcement Officers.
In a keynote deal with learn on the opening ceremony on behalf of the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, additionally the Caretaker Minister for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Chief Director of the Ministry, Dr. Afisah Zakariah recommended the stakeholders for the nice work executed within the nation and urged the Director General of Police to equip the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and the Cybercrime Office to assist fight essential problems with human trafficking confronting the nation.
She reiterated that the institutional mechanisms and workers capability to fight human trafficking are necessary, therefore the creation of prosecution sections within the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit within the Ghana Police Service, the Economic and Organize Crime Office, Anti-Human Smuggling and Trafficking Desk Officers within the Attorney General’s Department.
Touching on the problem of kid begging on the streets within the nation, the Chief Director lauded the stakeholders for coping with the state of affairs thus, the actions would allow us to guard our youngsters.
“As you may have observed the collaborative efforts with the Nigeriens on our streets have reduced and we hope to continue to protect our children from all forms of exploitation,” she added.
She expressed her profound gratitude to the Law Enforcement Officers for the immense assist and advisable that they’re supported of their numerous areas of labor within the businesses.
Giving the aim of gathering the Country Director of Expertise France, Mr. Seth Akpalou recommended the Human Trafficking Secretariat for organizing such an educative coaching and pledged the organisation’s assist to the Government of Ghana, the Ministry and the Law Enforcement Officers within the battle towards human trafficking in all shapes and kinds within the nation.
According to him, the Organisation in collaboration with HTS has launched into a sequence of fundamental coaching throughout the nation to construct the capability of regulation enforcement businesses within the detection, investigations, prosecution and collaboration of points on human trafficking.
Mr. Akpalou is of believing that on the finish of the five-day capacity-building workshop, officers would have a greater data of human trafficking which can intend to extend the variety of prosecutions and consciousness within the judicial sector.
The Director General of Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), COP/Mrs. MYT Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, in an announcement learn, inspired individuals to share data to trace down traffickers and defend the victims within the numerous communities.
She made a name on the stakeholders to share the data acquired with their counterparts who by no means had the chance to partake within the coaching.
The Head of the Human Trafficking Secretariat, Madam Abena Annobea Asare admonished individuals to take the coaching severely to assist fight the human trafficking canker in society, particularly throughout this COVID- 19 pandemic period.
The stakeholder’s engagement targeted on guaranteeing that individuals’ basic data of Human Trafficking is significantly improved in addition to scale-up the talents and abilities to determine and detect human trafficking circumstances.
Presentations had been proven on General Overview of Human Trafficking in Ghana, TIP report and newest developments of Human Trafficking in Ghana, sufferer identification, common and irregular migration and patrolling of unapproved roots
There was an open discussion board for Questions and Answers the place the Law Officers added their inputs in the long run.
Present on the opening ceremony had been the Chief Director of MOGCSP, Dr. Afisah Zakariah, the Country Director of Expertise France, Mr. Seth Akpalou, the Head of Human Trafficking Secretariat, Madam Abena Annobea Asare, the Director of Department of Children, Mrs. Florence Ayisi Quartey, the Director General of Economic and Organise Crime Office (EOCO), COP/Mrs. MYT Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCOP Kweku Adjei, the Deputy Comptroller General of Immigration, Mr. Isaac Alortey, amongst others.
The coaching comes after the Government of Ghana has taken a number of steps to handle the challenges posed by the 1998 Children’s Act; the 2005 Human Trafficking Act amended in 2009 by way of which the Human Trafficking Secretariat and specialised regulation enforcement models had been created and the National Plan Of Action (NPA) for the elimination of human trafficking in Ghana from 2017 to 2021.
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