Crime in Ghana explained

Crime in Ghana is investigated by the Ghana Police Service.

Crime by type

Murder

See also: List of countries by intentional homicide rate.

Ghana had a murder rate of 1.68 per 100,000 population in 2011.[1]

Corruption

See main article: Corruption in Ghana.

Human trafficking

See main article: Human trafficking in Ghana.

Ghana is a country of origin, transit, and destination for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced labor and forced prostitution.[2] The nonconsensual exploitation of Ghanaian citizens, particularly children, is more common than the trafficking of foreign migrants.[2] The movement of internally trafficked children is either from rural to urban areas, or from one rural area to another, as from farming to fishing communities.[2]

Ghanaian boys and girls are subjected to conditions of forced labor within Ghana in fishing, domestic servitude, street hawking, begging, portering, and agriculture.[2] Ghanaian girls, and to a lesser extent boys, are subjected to commercial sexual exploitation within Ghana.[2]

Women and girls from China, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso have been subjected to forced prostitution after arriving in Ghana.[2] Citizens from other West African countries are subjected to forced labor in Ghana in agriculture or involuntary domestic servitude.[2] Trafficking victims endure extremes of harsh treatment, including long hours, debt bondage, lack of pay, physical risks, and sexual abuse.[2]

Domestic violence

See main article: Domestic violence in Ghana.

Domestic violence is prevalent in Ghana,[3] owing in part to a deep cultural belief that it is socially acceptable for men to discipline their wives physically.[4] [5] [6] [7] Around one in three women in Ghana experience domestic violence.[8]

In 2007 the Ghanaian government created the Domestic Violence Act in an attempt to reduce violence against women.[9] The act encountered significant resistance from cultural conservatives and local religious leaders who believed that such a law would undermine traditional African values, and that Western values were being implemented into law.[10] [11] [12]

Illegal mining

See main article: Galamsey.

Galamseyers are illegal gold miners.[13] Their activities have depleted Ghana's forest cover and caused water pollution, due to the crude and unregulated nature of the mining process. In 2017, Operation Vanguard was launched to curb illegal artisanal mining in Ghana.

Fraud

See main article: Sakawa.

Sakawa is a Ghanaian term for illegal practices which combine modern Internet-based fraud with African traditionalist rituals.[14] The rituals, which are mostly in the form of sacrifices, are intended to spiritually manipulate victims so that the scammer's fraud is successful.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Cybercrime

See main article: Cybercrime in Ghana.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Intentional homicide victims Statistics and Data. dataunodc.un.org. 2018-06-07.
  2. "Ghana". Trafficking in Persons Report 2010. U.S. Department of State (June 14, 2010).
  3. Web site: Domestic Violence in Ghana . Statsghana.gov.gh . 2017-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181221094613/http://statsghana.gov.gh/docfiles/publications/DV_Ghana_Report_FINAL.pdf . 2018-12-21 . dead .
  4. Web site: Domestic Violence in Ghana: The Open Secret . PDF . Nancy Chi Cantalupo . Scholarship.law.georgetown.edu . 2017-02-28.
  5. News: Spousal murders in Ghana worrying. Graphic. 28 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927170752/http://graphic.com.gh/General-News/spousal-murders-in-ghana-worrying.html. 27 September 2013. dead.
  6. News: In Ghana, changing the belief in violent discipline. UNICEF. 28 February 2017. 28 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170628224518/https://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/ghana_70138.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Domestic violence on ascendancy - Today Newspaper. 30 August 2016. 28 February 2017. 26 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170226132842/http://www.todaygh.com/domestic-violence-ascendancy/. dead.
  8. News: Violence Against Women in Ghana. GBC. 28 February 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20130925101043/http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.702831. 25 September 2013.
  9. Web site: GHA103468.E . Justice.gov . 2017-02-26 . 2017-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170226154759/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/09/25/GHA103468.E.pdf . dead .
  10. Web site: Domestic Violence Bill Passed At Last. Modernghana.com. 16 January 2015.
  11. Web site: Microsoft Word - Domestic Violence Act 732. S3.amazonaws.com. 2017-02-28.
  12. News: Lessons from Ghana:The Challenges of a Legal Response to Domestic Violence in Africa. 2017-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170226142004/http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/domviol/priorwinners/Boas2.authcheckdam.pdf. 2017-02-26. dead.
  13. News: MD of Ghana Water Company Limited says fight against galamsey is being lost. Gyekye. Joyce. Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. 2018-05-22.
  14. Web site: Inside the world of Ghana's internet fraudsters. Darko. Sammy. 10 May 2015. bbc.co.uk. BBC. 4 March 2017. www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. Web site: Internet Scamming in Ghana . YouTube . 2013-12-05.
  16. Web site: Abubakar . Zulaihatu . Sakawa Guy Confesses . Modern Ghana . 2012-09-22 . 2013-12-05.
  17. Web site: Six teenagers engage in mysterious Sakawa deal | General News 2012-12-30 . GhanaWeb . 2012-12-30 . 2013-12-05.
  18. Web site: Akwetey-Okunor . Isaac . Sakawa coffin exhibited in public | Ghanaian Chronicle . The Ghanaian Chronicle . 2012-06-22 . 2013-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221700/http://thechronicle.com.gh/sakawa-coffin-exhibited-in-public/ . 2013-12-17 . dead .
  19. Web site: The sakawa menace ...Any solutions | features . Daily Graphic . Dzandu . Sammy . 2013-06-03 . 2013-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224540/http://graphic.com.gh/archive/features/the-sakawa-menace-any-solutions.html . 2013-12-17 . dead .

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