Accra (Ghana) Security personnel from Ghana, Togo and Burkina Faso have met in the northern Ghanaian town of Bawku, over 1,000 km northeast of Accra, to discuss increasing cross-border crimes and find solutions to the problem.
At the end of the three-day meeting on Saturday, the Bawku Municipal Chief Executive, Abdul Raman Kuma, said “for the past three years, the three countries have been grappling with sophisticated cross-border crimes” and have realised the need to come together and combat the canker.
He identified cattle rustling as the major problem because those involved do not pass through approved roads.
Kuma also described the meeting as appropriate as none of the three countries will now be a safe haven for cross-border crimes.
The police commander of the Plateau Province in Burkina Faso, Traoure Issiaka, said criminal activities respect no boundaries.
"The only way to fight them effectively is through collaboration," he said.
Bawku serves as the northern gateway between Ghana and Burkina Faso while Aflao, one of the busiest border posts linking Ghana, Nigeria, Benin and Togo serves as main centre for criminal activities.
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