Over 1,000 Victims Arrested, Exploitative Street Begging Networks Dismantled

1,055 street beggars removed from Accra, Kumasi streets – GIS - The Ghana Report

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has removed 1,055 West African nationals from the streets of Accra and Kumasi in an intelligence-led operation targeting organised street begging and suspected human trafficking networks. The operation was carried out in the early hours of Saturday, August 29, as part of efforts to rescue vulnerable people and disrupt networks […] The post 1,055 street beggars removed from Accra, Kumasi streets – GIS appeared …

Over 1,000 victims arrested, exploitative street begging networks dismantled

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has launched a decisive intelligence-led anti-human trafficking operation to rescue victims and dismantle exploitative street begging networks across the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions. A statement issued by Maud Anima Quainoo, Deputy Commissioner of the Ghana Immigration Service and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the operation targeted criminal syndicates using organized begging as a cover to traffic and control vulnerable foreign nationa

Over 1,000 victims arrested, exploitative street begging networks dismantled — GIS

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has launched a decisive intelligence-led anti-human trafficking operation to rescue victims and dismantle exploitative street begging networks across the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions. A statement issued by Maud Anima Quainoo, Deputy Commissioner of the Ghana Immigration Service and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said the operation [...]

GIS busts street begging trafficking networks, arrests 1,055 including 662 children

GIS apprehended 1,055 people, including 662 children, in a raid on trafficking-linked street begging networks in Accra and Kumasi, rescuing minors.