MONROVIA: The National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force has repatriated a 20-year-old female Sierra Leonean, Facia Karifa back to her home country.
The task force’s action is in culmination of local and international protocols governing the fight against trafficking in person (TIP).
A release from the Ministry of Labour issued over the weekend in Monrovia disclosed that the official repatriation exercise of Facia took place at the Labour Ministry in Monrovia and was attended by several local and international dignitaries, as well as family members of the repatriated TIP victim.
The release quotes Labour Minister Cllr. Cooper W. Kruah, Sr. has disclosed that the perpetrator of Facia’s trafficking demise has been tried, found guilty, and is now serving his sentence at the Maximum Prison facilities in Monrovia.
The release further quotes the minister who chairs the National Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, as reiterating the Liberian Government’s fullest compliance with all protocols related to trafficking in person.
Minister Kruah revealed that currently, his Ministry has two cases pending on this crime on the court docket, promising that the government will ensure its logical conclusion; either for conviction or vindication of the accused.
He then commended the Sierra Leonean Embassy near Monrovia for acknowledging that the Liberian Government was in no way party to the situation relating to Madam Karifa or any other TIP issues.
Minister Kruah is quoted as recommitting President Joseph Nyumah Boakai’s Government’s unconditional fulfillment of all TIP protocols.
For his part, Mr. Mohammed A S. Wai, the Community Awareness Officer at the Sierra Leonean Embassy near Monrovia thanked Minister Kruah for his approach to the elimination of TIP-related crimes since the ascendancy of the Government, the release noted.
” I remember some years ago when I first met Madam Karifa at the Justice Ministry while she was much smaller. Now for the Liberian Government to safe-keep, cater to her welfare and safely repatriate her back home is remarkable”, he sounded. In shock emotion of tears, Madam Karifa recalled the special care accorded her by the Labour Ministry while in Liberia, particularly Labour Minister Kruah, who sought her repatriation back to her family.
Facia’s Uncle Borbor Alie hailed the Labour Minister and Government for the critical care, leading to her repatriation.