Elizabeth Arthur and Daniel Opare Asiedu
Two offenders: Elizabeth Arthur – a proprietress at God’s Kids Orphanage in Kasoa and Daniel Opare Asiedu, a Lawyer, have been convicted by the Accra Circuit Court for Conspiracy to commit crime: to wit: defrauding by false prentences opposite to Section 23 (1) and 131 of the legal code 1960 (ACT 29).
Lawyer Daniel Asiedu was convicted and sentenced to three years in Hard labour and as well as a wonderful of 1000 penalty items (12gh per one) or serve further 2yrs if he doesn’t pay. A second convict Elizabeth Arthur an proprietor of God’s Kids Orphanage in Kasoa was additionally convicted and sentenced to similar as first accused lawyer Asiedu.
The two offenders have been arrested and prosecuted by the Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service with assist from the Human Trafficking Secretariat (HTS) of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
BACKGROUND
Ms. Elizabeth Arthur Adjei (aka Mama Lizzy) and Laywer Daniel Asiedu acted along with a standard goal to commit crime to wit; defrauding by false pretence. Both culprits succeeded in gathering cash from a pair by identify Benjamin Kofi Okyere and Comfort Arthur (complainant) with the promise of transporting the couple and their one and half year-old son to Canada for a job alternative. The complainant was requested to pay an quantity of Five Thousand Ghana Cedis (₵5,000.00) for use to acquire passport and different journey paperwork, out of which Four Thousand Ghana Cedis (4,000.00) was paid.
Elizabeth Arthur later knowledgeable the complainant that, the paperwork have been all prepared however the complainant’s spouse couldn’t journey as a result of she had turn out to be pregnant however might solely journey after supply. The complainant might additionally journey after three days as a result of there was an issue along with his passport which should be labored on however his son might journey as a result of there was nothing improper along with his paperwork and that the white man to take them to Canada would go forward with the boy.
After months of persistence, the complainant was given a doc which he gave to a buddy, and after studying the doc, the complainant was made to know that his little one has been adopted. The complainant reported the case to the Devtraco Police Station after which the perpetrators have been arrested, prosecuted and convicted for his or her crimes.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Human trafficking is taken into account as a extremely organized crime and is without doubt one of the international blights which impacts all races..
Trafficking in individuals is a worldwide crime in worldwide Law. Article 3(a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children defines trafficking in individuals as “Trafficking in Persons shall imply the recruitment, transportation, switch, harboring or receipt of individuals, by the use of the menace or use of power or different types of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of energy or of a place of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of funds or advantages to realize the consent of an individual having management over one other particular person, for the aim of exploitation.
Ghana has been recognized to be a rustic of origin, transit, and vacation spot for folks particularly girls and youngsters subjected to trafficking in individuals.
GOVERNMENT’S COMMITMENT
The Government of Ghana (GoG), over the previous 5 years, has elevated efforts to fight human trafficking. These efforts by GoG have resulted in Ghana’s improve from Tier 2 Watch List to a Tier 2 rating because the 2018 TIP Report.
The Human Trafficking Secretariat (HTS) has collaborated with a bunch of companions and stakeholders to battle and educate folks on human trafficking points within the nation. Notable amongst these is European Union, Expertise France, UNICEF, International Organization for Migration, Verité, the British High Commission, the Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service, EOCO, the Attorney General’s Department, the Anti- Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons Unit below Immigration, Department of Social Welfare at each Local Government and National degree and a bunch of civil society organizations.
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection will proceed to collaborate with related stakeholders to make sure human trafficking and its associated points is nip within the bud.