Western Region: GIS Swoops On Prostitutes, Human Traffickers
According to a report, the Western Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has arrested 31 alleged prostitutes and human traffickers within the region.
Due to their well-known actions in the Western Region’s Ellembelle District and Nzema East Municipality, the suspects were taken into custody. The suspects were taken into custody after a two-day intelligence-led operation, according to a news release from the Service. Within the Essiama enclave, the suspects were apprehended at their many hiding places, which included drinking establishments and improvised buildings.
The suspects are aged between 22 and 37 years.
“In all, the over 30 hours of sustained operation saw to the arrest of 28 suspected prostitutes, including two nursing mothers. The other suspects were the two suspected Traffickers, Ndubueze Okereke, 37 years and his wife, Ifeoma Okereke, 35 years, all Nigerians except Kofo Bekoe, who is a Ghanaian and the host of a suspected trafficking syndicate.”
“This particular operation was planned and successfully carried out with the support from the authorities of the above-mentioned assemblies, owing to the growing concerns of the nefarious activities, especially by some of the foreign nationals within the said communities, and the impunity with which the brothel operated,” the GIS stated.
According to the statement, all of the suspects entered the country illegally and did not have passports or any other form of identification that allows them to travel. This information was discovered during a search carried out as part of the inquiry. According to the statement, additional investigation into them and the location turned out packets of used and unused condoms, particularly in the rooms.
