Transnational Crime Section |
- To investigate and handle all cases of transnational crime e.g Migrant Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Money Laundering.
- To track and respond to all information requests from the relevant security and intelligence agencies, eg. BNI, FIC, NACOB, EOCO, National Security, Police, Interpol and other international organizations.
- To develop intelligence on issues bordering on transnational crimes.
In the Transnational Crime Section is the Counter Terrorism Unit which is responsible for the implementation of GIS role of the national Strateg |
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THE ROLE OF GHANA IMMIGRATION IN COMBATTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN GHANA
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is one of the security agencies mandated by the Human Trafficking Act, 2005 Act 694 to help combat the transnational crime of trafficking in Ghana. The GIS saw the need to intensify its operations in the area of trafficking and in 2012, one of the end products of the European Union funded Aeneas II Project, was the establishment of the Anti Human Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons Unit (AHSTIP) in the Service. AHSTIP was granted ample operational powers to disrupt the complex networks of organized human trafficking syndicates in line with the trafficking Act 694, thereby preventing suppressing and punishing offenders of trafficking.
One of GIS mandates, is the patrolling of Ghana’s borders and in the fight against trafficking GIS efforts are geared more at cross border trafficking. Notwithstanding this, the Unit also operates on intelligence based methodology in fighting the menace of trafficking in the country. The AHSTIP Unit is an operational unit that is embedded under the Intelligence Unit of the GIS and that is how the intelligence aspect of fighting the crime of trafficking is carried out. |
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GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
The agencies below work closely with the Centre;
- Births and Deaths Registry
- Passport Office
- Registrar General Department
- Police CID
STAKE HOLDERS OF THE CENTRE
- All Embassies and High Commissions in Ghana. These include the major ones as in the United State of America, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Holland and France.
- Financial and Non-Financial institutions.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The Centre’s International collaboration include
- INTERPOL
- IOM
- UNODC
DFEC also have working relations with the
- National Document Fraud Unit- UK
- Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMAR) - Netherlands
- German Forensic Laboratory (Koblenz)- Germany
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