The Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) is concerned over the spate of young females falling victims to ‘QNET’-related scams in the Ashanti region.
It follows the arrest of 320 on Thursday, November 6, 2025 by the anti-human trafficking unit of EOCO in two separate locations – Kenyasi and Buoho – in the region.
The officers identified 295 persons as victims of the alleged human trafficking with twenty-five (25) of them deemed potential suspects who allegedly lured the victims into a fake business scam.
Out of the total number, 214 were identified to be females with the remaining being males. This has sparked concern on the rate at which innocent young women have been hypnotized into the dubious act.
EOCO says it is continuing with investigations to unravel the larger syndicate of persons masterminding the fraudulent activities under the guise of QNET to traffic innocent persons into its illicit activities.
The suspects are expected to be arraigned before the courts as EOCO further investigates the matter to uncover the network of their fraudsters.
Speaking at a media engagement in Kumasi, Head of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit at EOCO, Staff Officer Dominic Mensah revealed families of the victims have begun contacting the office to retrieve their long-lost relatives.
“Some of the families have started phoning in to retrieve their relatives. We couldn’t take get space to accommodate all of them, so we had to send them back to where we picked them from, but we are in touch with them. We are also communicating with their families,” he noted.
He continued that: “We believe that the suspects aren’t the only people behind this scam. There are other people who are behind it, so we want to see if we can get more suspects”.
These arrests follow the collaboration between the EOCO and QNET officials in Ghana and West Africa to clamp down on the illicit operations under its “QNET campaign against scam” campaign.
The QNET, a global lifestyle and wellness company, says it is ready to support the investigative and law enforcing agencies to end the scamming activity.
Head of Compliance at QNET, Theodocia Quartey admonished the public to blow the whistle on these individuals to save victims and not fall prey to their charade.
“The victim needs redress. We want to point to victims where to go. We are providing every resource to help the law enforcement agencies to fight this seeming canker,” she noted.
Source: Emmanuel Bright Quaicoe