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Investigators bust child trafficking syndicate in Ghana ANI | Updated: Jan 21, 2021 10:15 IST
Accra [Ghana], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Investigators in Ghana busted crime syndicates engaged in baby harvesting and child trafficking operating in parts of the capital, officials said on Wednesday.
Personnel of Ghana s Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) issued a joint statement, saying that the anti-crime operation was carried out as part of a series of joint investigations launched in late 2020. The arrests are part of ongoing investigations into activities of some medical practitioners, nurses, social welfare officers, and other individuals suspected of operating baby harvesting and child trafficking syndicates, said the statement.
This follows the arrest of some doctors and nurses who were involved in a baby harvesting syndicate. They were arrested following an investigation by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Medical and Dental Council. Ghana Medical Association Pulse Ghana A joint statement from the aforementioned institutions said two medical doctors, two social workers, four nurses, two mothers and one traditional birth attendant have been arrested so far and are on bail pending further investigations. Reacting to this, Dr. Yankah said the GMA will not shield any of its members found to be involved in criminal activities.
“It is a fair principle, we have had one or two doctors go through similar processes in the past, not necessarily of a similar nature, but they were also prosecuted,” he told Accra-based Citi FM.