The National Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce of Liberia, headed by Minister of Labor Cllr. Charles Gibson and the Liberia National Police (LNP), are investigating a Cameroonian lady for alleged human trafficking.
Violet Njuakom is being held for allegedly trafficking three fellow Cameroonians, using Liberia as a point of transit to Poland and Mexico.
Speaking to authorities of the Taskforce at the headquarters of LNP, Njuakom said that she and her boyfriend, Gerald Ajongowe, came into the country three months ago with the hope of traveling to Canada, but their Liberian agent, only identified as “Amandu”, asked that they wait because there is no opportunity for Canada at the time.
She said that, while waiting in Liberia for an opening in Canada, her boyfriend communicated with three people (two males and a female) back home in Cameroon, informing them that Liberia was a cheaper transit point to get to Europe and the Americas. She said when the three got to Monrovia, she and her boyfriend took a room on 24th Street, Sinkor, where they kept them while their agent, Amandu, worked on the documents for their travel to Mexico and Poland at the cost of US$2,500.00 per person.
She said that confusion broke out when her boyfriend, who is currently out of the country, demanded from the victims US$3,500.00 each, instead of the amount of US$2,500.00 earlier requested by agent Amandu. As a result, she said that some concerned Liberians intervened and called in security officers.
The lady is currently being held by the LNP for further investigation while the victims are now in the safe home of the National Anti-Human Trafficking Taskforce of Liberia.