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Ghana upgraded to Tier 1 in US human trafficking report
Recruitment and labour concerns The report said Ghana conducted public awareness campaigns against fraudulent recruitment and online exploitation and signed labour agreements with Grenada and Qatar to strengthen employment protections for Ghanaian workers abroad.
A Tier 1 status signifies that the Ghanaian government now fully meets the minimum standards required for the elimination of human This follows an increase in prosecutions and victim identification, although inadequate shelters, recruitment fee practices and gaps in cybercrime investigations remain major challenges.
Ghana’s previous ranking was Tier 2 in the 2025 US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.
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