Police rescue 46 trafficked Ghanaians in Abuja

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No fewer than 46 trafficked victims have been rescued by the operatives of the National Central Bureau in Abuja.

Also, the seven suspects linked to the offence and cybercrime have been apprehended.

According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the success came from two coordinated operations in collaboration with INTERPOL and the Ghana High Commission.

In the first operation, Adejobi said 31 victims trafficked from Ghana to Nigeria under false promises of job opportunities in Europe were rescued.

He noted that investigations revealed the victims were coerced into fraudulent online marketing activities operated by the QNET network.

Among them was one Samuel Dankwah Opoku, deceived by George Tenkron and defrauded of 30,000 Ghanaian Cedis by Attah Amankwaah, a known QNET member based in Nigeria.

“Preliminary Investigations revealed that in August 2024, one Samuel Dankwah Opoku, a Ghanaian national, was deceived by one George Tenkron, who falsely assured him of employment in Spain. Opoku was directed to travel to Nigeria, where he became ensnared in QNET’s fraudulent schemes. It was further uncovered that the victim had paid Thirty Thousand Ghanaian Cedis GHC 30,000 to one Attah Amankwaah, a Ghanaian residing in Nigeria and a known member of the QNET network. This syndicate specializes in manipulating and confining individuals into exploitative online marketing scams under duress and false obligations. ” Punch