The Ghana Immigration Service’s (GIS) Western Regional Command successfully apprehended sixty-six migrants on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at various hideouts in Sekondi-Takoradi.
This operation aligns with the GIS’s ‘TRIPPLE S’ Campaign, aimed at ensuring national security, stability, and safety.
According to a statement from the GIS, the suspects, comprising 45 men and 21 women aged between 19 and 54, were recruited from towns like Tanda, Agnibilekro, Bondougkou, Nindo, and Aboisso Abidjan for cybercrimes and other illegal activities.
Investigations revealed that Ghanaians Romio and Akwesi Daniel were part of the syndicate recruiting Ivorians under the guise of an online business (QNET). While two suspects, Bamba Ladja (26) and Troare Yssouf (21), remain detained for further investigation, the rest have been repatriated.
In a related incident on March 19, 2024, Axim Sector Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Immigration Emmanuel Adams, led an operation leading to the arrest of six Nigerian women operating as sex workers at the Bafana Bafana Beach Resort, a known brothel.
These women, aged between 19 and 26, have also been repatriated following their arrest.