Sunyani Dec. 7 (Regina Benneh) GNA - Mr. George Yaw Ankamah, Deputy Director of Department of Children under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in Sunyani has expressed concern about the increasing rate of child trafficking in the country especially in the coastal areas.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency the deputy director noted that majority of the trafficked children ended up losing their lives whilst others suffered permanent disfigurement.

He said most parents were not aware that child trafficking was a criminal offence for which a perpetrator could be prosecuted and sentenced to pay a fine or five years imprisonment.

Mr Ankamah disclosed child inspection sub-committees had been set up in all districts in Brong Ahafo to help curtail all forms of child abuse, stating Techiman had been identified as a distribution point for human trafficking.