Ghana is a hotspot for child sex tourists, where paedophiles can go about their business with no conviction in sight, says a recently published article in OneWorld.
The online magazine's story hinges on research by Dutch journalist Sanne Terlingen investigating the case of someone referred to as 'Ruth'. The 17-year-old Ghanaian claims that she was raped in her native country by a wealthy, well-reputed Dutchman who travels there regularly.
"I was eight years of age when I was first raped. He pretended to take care of me and he paid my school fees," she is quoted as saying. Ruth sued her alleged assaulter two years ago, but the trial is lingering on with no end in sight, and the defendant remains a free man. Although a lawsuit against him is pending in capital city Accra, he hasn't spent a single night in jail, nor has he shown up in the courtroom. The man has been accused of raping at least one minor. In the Netherlands, he enjoys the reputation of a benefactor.
Not the only one
According to the OneWorld article, he is not the only Dutch national suspected of paedophilia in Ghana. Members of Ghana's Dutch expatriate community can readily identify a number of people they suspect to be paedophiles, citing them by nicknames, such as 'The Meat Merchant' and 'Tall Ad'.
The Ghanaian NGO Coalition on the Rights of the Child reported in 2006 that "more and more Ghanaian children are being abused by citizens of Western countries", and that the country is "earning a reputation on paedophile websites as a safe destination for child sex".
This was also confirmed by Ghanaian lawyer Irene Aborchie-Nyahe, who told OneWorld that Ghana has become an ideal holiday destination for Western child sex tourists.
"The world has changed over the past years," says Aborchie-Nyahe. "At first only missionaries and philanthropists came to Africa. Today more people can afford to fly to Ghana, including those with bad intentions...but most Ghanaians are not aware of that. Our children believe that all white people are good."
Dutch priorities
The Dutch government has prioritized combating child sex tourism and holding its perpetrators accountable. In the past, Dutch nationals have been prosecuted and convicted in the Netherlands for acts of sexual abuse that occur towards minors in foreign countries. But because Ruth's case is already being tried in Ghana, her alleged abuser is not being prosecuted in his native country.
You can read OneWorld's article 'Paradise for pedos' in its original Dutch version here or translated into English here.
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Ghana deserves what it gets - if white people are coming to Ghana to abuse and rape our children,Ghana has only itself to blame for thinking that everything white is good and sophisticated. Ghanaians wake up and see what this white beast is really is - an exploiter of black people - wake up.
I DO NOT SEE NWHY AFRICAN MEMBER STATES DO NOT RECOGNISE THIS PROBLEM, EVERY SINGLE VICE AND CORRUPTION THE WEST HAS IS BEING FORCED ON AFRICA AS THEY BRING THIER PERVERSIONS ALL INTHE NAME OF MONEY. HOW CAN THE PEOPLE OF GHANA ALLOW FOR SUCH DIABOLICALO BEHAVIOUR?? WHERE IS THE PROTECTION FOR OUR YOUTH??DONT YOU REALISE THAT THEY ARE OUR FUTURE?? THESE QUESTIONS POST ABIG PROBLEM FOR AFRICA GOING FORWARD. THE WEST IS VERY COVETIOUS WHENENVER THEY SEE PEOPLE DOING WELL THEY WANT TO ACT LIKE GANGSTERS AND IMPOSE THIER WILL. THESE PRACTICES MUST STOP; WHO DO THEY REALLY THINK THEY ARE? THEY GO FROMEXTREME TO EXTREME FIRST THEY WANT TO PLAY GOD ; NOW WE ARE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE POLE NOW THIER TRUE IDENTITY EMRGES THEY ARE PLAYING SATAN GANGSTER ROLE. THEY TRY TO GLAMOURISE THESE PRACTICES OF MURDER EXTORTION KIDNAPPINGS TOTURE EXPLOITATION HOMOSEXUALITY DRUG SMUGLING AND DEALING WE ARE TALKING DRUGS THE AMERICANS CONTROL HEROIN COCAINE METH AMPHETAMINE ALCOHOL CIGARETTES THESE ARE FIVE OF THE EARTHS MOST DIABOLICAL DEAFITING MRDEROUS DRUGS ON THE PLANET. THESE THINSG GO HAND IN AHND WITH THIER PROSTITUTION CHILD MOLESTING AND HOMOSEXULITY. THESE ARE THIER MOST PERVASIVE DISTASTEFUL NASTINESS THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER THESE ARE PART AND PARCEL OF HUAMN RIGHTS. WHAT THIS DOCUMENT HAS JUST HILIGHTED IN REGARDS TOGHANA IS VERY SERIOUS AND MOST SEEN AS VERY SERIOUS. THESE ARE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND MUST BE SEEN AS MUCH . FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURIST TO ENTER ONES COUNTRY IN GOOD FAITH NOT ONLY ARE THEY DISREGARDING THE LAWS THEY ARE DISREGARDING THE HUMAN ELELMENT OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO OUR BLACK CHILDREN. THIS IS NTOHING NEW THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING THESE NASTY BEHAVIOURS FOR CENTURIES NOW/ IT IS TRULY TIME TO CEASE AND ERADICATE THESE FUCKERIES FROM THE CONTINENT. THEY ARE TRYING TO FORCE THIER PERVERSIONS ON US NOW THEY ARE ABUSING OUR CHILDRN TRAUMATISING THEM. I SWROTE WHEN THE IVORIAN CRISI WAS IN ITS INFANCY HOW THE WEST WAS DESPERATELY RECOLONISING AFRICA; WE ARE SSEEING MORE VIOLENECE ON THE CONTINENT THAN BEFORE THEY ARE SENDING MORE TROOPS ON THE CONTINENT THAN BEFORE WHO IN THE AU IS ASKING FOR ALL THESE TROOPS TO BE INVITED INTO AFRICA?? WE SEE WHAT THE FRENCH DID IN COTE d' IVOIRE THEY ALONG WITH THE UN INVADED AND STARTED A REFUGEE CRISIS THAT IS STILL IMMINENT TODAY. WHAT AMAZES ME IS THAT THIS WOMAN IN THE ICC WITH HER BIAS AND IGNORANTS IS NOT AWARE OF THESE ATTRTOCITIES THAT GOES ON. WE HEAR CHARGES BEING LEVELED AGAINST SOEM OF OUR LEADERS RAPE THE FORCED MOVEMNET OF PEOPLE CONFLICT MURDER TORTURE KIDNAPPINGS??????? THESE ARE QUESTIONABLE WHEN WE SEE HOW THE FRENCH MANUIFACTURED AND PROVOKED THE IVORIAN CRISIS AND WHAT I SEE THAT THESE CHARGES SHOULD BE LAID AT SARCOZY OBAMA CAMERONS DOOR STEP. THEY APPLIED FOR THIS RGAND COALLITION OF UN AFRENCH TROOPS WITH THIER MERCENARY FORCES FROM FRENCH INTELLIGENCE SOUTH AFRUICA AND NEIGHBOURING BURKINA FASO. THIS IS SOMETHING WE MUST RECOGNISE , SO WE CANBE CLEAR IS PROVIDING SOLACE FOR WESTERN INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICA AND NIGERIA WERE PART OF THE LIBYAN AND IVORIAN CRISIS. NOW WE SEE NIGERIA EMBROILED IN CIVIL WAR!!!! BURKIAN FASO INVITING A SPACE FOR TROOPS AND CIA OPERATIVES IN WEST AFRICA. THESE PEOPLE ARE THERE TO DISTABLISE AFRICA SOWE CANT NOT HAVE PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP OR UNITY ONTHE CONTINENT. WHY ARE LEADERS GETTING OS WEAK AND SELLING US THE PEOPLE OUT?? WHERE IS THE PRIDE?? THE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE US IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST MILITARILY OR OTHER WIZE. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GO WITH THE WEST. I DO NOT SEE CHINESE OR INDIANS BRAZILIANS COMMING INTO AFRICA LOOKING FOR HOMOSEXUALS OR THIER PERVERTED CHILD MOLESTING PRACTICES. THIS WAS PART AND PARCEL OF THEIR CHRISTTAIN RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOURS ESPECIAL;LY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY ARE WORLD WWIDE MANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOE;LSTATION OF CHILDREN
I DO NOT SEE NWHY AFRICAN MEMBER STATES DO NOT RECOGNISE THIS PROBLEM, EVERY SINGLE VICE AND CORRUPTION THE WEST HAS IS BEING FORCED ON AFRICA AS THEY BRING THIER PERVERSIONS ALL INTHE NAME OF MONEY. HOW CAN THE PEOPLE OF GHANA ALLOW FOR SUCH DIABOLICALO BEHAVIOUR?? WHERE IS THE PROTECTION FOR OUR YOUTH??DONT YOU REALISE THAT THEY ARE OUR FUTURE?? THESE QUESTIONS POST ABIG PROBLEM FOR AFRICA GOING FORWARD. THE WEST IS VERY COVETIOUS WHENENVER THEY SEE PEOPLE DOING WELL THEY WANT TO ACT LIKE GANGSTERS AND IMPOSE THIER WILL. THESE PRACTICES MUST STOP; WHO DO THEY REALLY THINK THEY ARE? THEY GO FROM EXTREME TO EXTREME FIRST THEY WANT TO PLAY GOD ; NOW WE ARE THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE POLE NOW THIER TRUE IDENTITY EMRGES THEY ARE PLAYING SATAN GANGSTER ROLE. THEY TRY TO GLAMOURISE THESE PRACTICES OF MURDER EXTORTION KIDNAPPINGS TOTURE EXPLOITATION HOMOSEXUALITY DRUG SMUGLING AND DEALING WE ARE TALKING DRUGS THE AMERICANS CONTROL HEROIN COCAINE METH AMPHETAMINE ALCOHOL CIGARETTES THESE ARE FIVE OF THE EARTHS MOST DIABOLICAL DEAFITING MURDEROUS DRUGS ON THE PLANET. THESE THINSG GO HAND IN AHND WITH THIER PROSTITUTION CHILD MOLESTING AND HOMOSEXULITY. THESE ARE THIER MOST PERVASIVE DISTASTEFUL NASTINESS THAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER THESE ARE PART AND PARCEL OF HUAMN RIGHTS. WHAT THIS DOCUMENT HAS JUST HILIGHTED IN REGARDS TOGHANA IS VERY SERIOUS AND MOST SEEN AS VERY SERIOUS. THESE ARE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND MUST BE SEEN AS MUCH . FOR INTERNATIONAL TOURIST TO ENTER ONES COUNTRY IN GOOD FAITH NOT ONLY ARE THEY DISREGARDING THE LAWS THEY ARE DISREGARDING THE HUMAN ELELMENT OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO OUR BLACK CHILDREN. THIS IS NTOHING NEW THEY HAVE BEEN PRACTICING THESE NASTY BEHAVIOURS FOR CENTURIES NOW/ IT IS TRULY TIME TO CEASE AND ERADICATE THESE FUCKERIES FROM THE CONTINENT. THEY ARE TRYING TO FORCE THIER PERVERSIONS ON US NOW THEY ARE ABUSING OUR CHILDRN TRAUMATISING THEM. I SWROTE WHEN THE IVORIAN CRISI WAS IN ITS INFANCY HOW THE WEST WAS DESPERATELY RECOLONISING AFRICA; WE ARE SSEEING MORE VIOLENECE ON THE CONTINENT THAN BEFORE THEY ARE SENDING MORE TROOPS ON THE CONTINENT THAN BEFORE WHO IN THE AU IS ASKING FOR ALL THESE TROOPS TO BE INVITED INTO AFRICA?? WE SEE WHAT THE FRENCH DID IN COTE d' IVOIRE THEY ALONG WITH THE UN INVADED AND STARTED A REFUGEE CRISIS THAT IS STILL IMMINENT TODAY. WHAT AMAZES ME IS THAT THIS WOMAN IN THE ICC WITH HER BIAS AND IGNORANTS IS NOT AWARE OF THESE ATTRTOCITIES THAT GOES ON. WE HEAR CHARGES BEING LEVELED AGAINST SOEM OF OUR LEADERS RAPE THE FORCED MOVEMNET OF PEOPLE CONFLICT MURDER TORTURE KIDNAPPINGS??????? THESE ARE QUESTIONABLE WHEN WE SEE HOW THE FRENCH MANUIFACTURED AND PROVOKED THE IVORIAN CRISIS AND WHAT I SEE THAT THESE CHARGES SHOULD BE LAID AT SARCOZY OBAMA CAMERONS DOOR STEP. THEY APPLIED FOR THIS RGAND COALLITION OF UN AFRENCH TROOPS WITH THIER MERCENARY FORCES FROM FRENCH INTELLIGENCE SOUTH AFRUICA AND NEIGHBOURING BURKINA FASO. THIS IS SOMETHING WE MUST RECOGNISE , SO WE CANBE CLEAR IS PROVIDING SOLACE FOR WESTERN INTERVENTIONS IN AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICA AND NIGERIA WERE PART OF THE LIBYAN AND IVORIAN CRISIS. NOW WE SEE NIGERIA EMBROILED IN CIVIL WAR!!!! BURKIAN FASO INVITING A SPACE FOR TROOPS AND CIA OPERATIVES IN WEST AFRICA. THESE PEOPLE ARE THERE TO DISTABLISE AFRICA SOWE CANT NOT HAVE PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP OR UNITY ONTHE CONTINENT. WHY ARE LEADERS GETTING OS WEAK AND SELLING US THE PEOPLE OUT?? WHERE IS THE PRIDE?? THE INVOLVEMENT WITH THE US IS NOT IN OUR BEST INTEREST MILITARILY OR OTHER WIZE. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GO WITH THE WEST. I DO NOT SEE CHINESE OR INDIANS BRAZILIANS COMMING INTO AFRICA LOOKING FOR HOMOSEXUALS OR THIER PERVERTED CHILD MOLESTING PRACTICES. THIS WAS PART AND PARCEL OF THEIR CHRISTTAIN RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOURS ESPECIALLY IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY ARE WORLD WWIDE MENACE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MOLESTATION OF CHILDREN!!!!!! WE NEED TO HAVE WORLD CLASS JUDICIAL SERVICES WE NEED ABOVE CLASS PRISONS SO WE CAN LOCK UP THESE PERVERTS FOR LONG SO THEY WILL LEARN NOT TO COME TO AFRICA WITH THIER NASTINESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let us start killing the paedophiles so they'd stop coming to Ghana !