Two women jailed forcing 4 girls into sex trade 

Women alleged to be sex workers were sentenced to 17 years in prison in hard labour, for trafficking four girls and forcing them into sex trade in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality, Ghana.

The 30 year-old was handed 10 years for trafficking three of the victims, and thhe 28 year-old will serve seven years for trafficking one girl. 

“The victims were transported from Nigeria to Ghana with the intention of attending school and working as salesgirls in a boutique but ended up in prostitution,” according to reports.

“They took their hair samples and hair around their genitals, as well as their nails, to scare them that they would go mad if they attempted to escape,” it stated.

The victims could not bear the suffering anymore and reported the case to the police, who were on patrol duties at Wassa Japa.

The patrol team arrested and brought the suspects to the Wassa Akropong Police Station, where they lodged a complaint.