The Ghana Civil Society Coalition Against Transnational Crime will be launched in Accra on August 12 to coordinate efforts against trafficking for forced criminality and related crimes. 

The Coalition is expected to bring together civil society organisations, professional bodies, youth groups, faith-based organisations, traditional leaders, businesses and individuals to support action against transnational organised crime. 

A statement issued by the Coalition said the initiative would strengthen collaboration among stakeholders, support victims of trafficking and improve responses to emerging forms of organised crime. 

It said young people were increasingly being recruited through fake online job advertisements and trafficked to engage in criminal activities abroad. 

The statement said the trend, which first emerged in parts of Southeast Asia, was gaining ground in West Africa, with Ghana becoming “a source, transit point, and destination.” 

The Coalition said it would work with relevant institutions, including the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to improve cooperation and strengthen consular protection for Ghanaians affected abroad. 

It said the group would support the identification of trafficking victims, facilitate access to legal aid and advocate for the expunging of records where offences were committed as a direct consequence of trafficking. 

The Coalition would also collaborate with the Cyber Security Authority to improve reporting of online recruitment scams, encourage the removal of fraudulent recruitment content from digital platforms and strengthen links between cyber security and anti-trafficking efforts. 

The statement said membership was free and open to organisations that subscribed to the Coalition Charter, as the initiative sought to expand into a West African and continental network. 

“Organisations register as Founding Members, and are invited to sign the Coalition Charter at the launch. Organisations that sign up via the website https://gcscoalition.org/membership by Monday, 10 August, will be listed in the launch programme and issued a Certificate of Founding Membership,” the statement added. 

The Ghana Civil Society Coalition Against Transnational Crime was announced on July 30, 2026, in a communiqué issued after the "Trapped Behind the Scam" national forum, convened online by Global Youth Action Network (GYAN) Ghana, the Democratic Network for Action (DNA) and Transnational Mobility Pathways (TMP).