Ghana: "We've quit sex trade"

  1. Posted on Friday 20 February 2009 - 10:25
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    Anas Aremeyaw Anas, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana Photo: The rescued trafficked girls - The New Crusading Guide
    The rescued, Chinese girls whose sweat and toil filled the pockets of the slave master, King James Xu Jin said they were grateful to be freed and that they would never allow themselves to be lured into the dehumanizing, sex trade again.
    The rescued trafficked victims after the arrest Photo_The New Crusading Guide
    The Chinese victims appealed to the Chinese Government, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC), International Organization of Migration (IOM), UNICEF, Enslavement Prevention Alliance West Africa (EPAWA) and other NGOs to assist them in their safe return to their home country.

    The victims have also reiterated that some of the money that they earned from the illegal sex trade was given to the traffickers before the raid on Saturday, February 14, 2009, and hence are urging security authorities to retrieve their rightfully earned money.

    “We gave our contributions to King James because he was about to go to China, we wanted him to take the money to our families but before he could go, the raid happened. Once we are on our way back to China, he should give us our money back,” one of the girls said.

    Meanwhile, the slave master and his cohorts have been remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court presided over by Ms. Elizabeth Ankumah to enable the police to conduct further investigations into the case.

    A Toyota salon car with registration number GE 9314W, which was seized by the police on the day of the raid has been impounded; the said car is believed to have been used to transport the victims to their clients.

    According to ACP Agbozo of the Police Criminal Investigation Department, during the investigation, the slave master, King James Xu Jin, confessed that he and his wife, Chou Xiou Ying, brought the victims into the country while Sam, another defendant in custody, was responsible for delivering them to their clients in and outside Accra.

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