7    Adults or children?

The case of trafficking children for purposes of exploitative labour in the fishing industry in Ghana

Daniel Kweku Sam

Trafficking in persons has been an issue of concern to the international community. Child trafficking, in particular, is recognized as a serious human rights issue requiring immediate national, regional and global collaboration and action. It is not possible to distinguish trafficking of children for economic purposes from the worst forms of child labour. The Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) is the most relevant to the trafficking of children. In societies where crimes are committed against vulnerable groups, children are trafficked into a range of exploitative tendencies or practices, ...

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