[ 2011-11-14 ]

Chinese women trafficked into Ghana for prostitution
A lot of Chinese prostitutes are being trafficked
to Ghana to service expatriate communities in the
country, the Enslavement Protection Alliance West
Africa (EPAWA) investigations reveal.

The Accra-based Non-Governmental Organisation told
Citi News victims are recruited under the guise of
working as restaurant assistants. They are then
confined and forced to provide sexual services.

The Executive Director of EPAWA, Tatiana
Kotlyarenko said their research shows the practice
is more prevalent in the mining areas of the
country.

“They are deceived and brought here under wrong
consent,” she stated. “None of them really
know that they are coming here to do that. ”

"The thing is that they are generally given the
impression that they have an indentured labour so
when they are brought here, they are forced to do
this.

“They are beaten, their passports are taken
away, they do not speak the language, their
families are threatened and they are told that
they owe huge amounts of money that they have to
work off,” Kotlyarenko added.

“They are not really paid. After they have
worked for a certain amount of time for a year for
free, and might be getting a little bit of this
money put away. ”

Source - Citifmonline

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