A coalition of civil society organisations is set to be launched in Ghana to strengthen the fight against transnational organised crime and the growing trafficking of young people into cyber-enabled scam operations across West Africa. The forum, dubbed "Trapped Behind the Scam," was convened online by GYAN Ghana, the Democratic Network for Action (DNA) and Transnational Mobility Pathways (TMP). The proposed Ghana Civil Society Coalition Against Transnational Crime will be formally launched in Accra on International Youth Day, August 12, 2026. Trafficking victims forced into cyber fraudThe forum focused on what organisers described as one of the fastest-growing and least understood forms of human trafficking—victims who are recruited under false pretences and forced to engage in online fraud. Ghana no longer just a bystanderSpeakers at the forum argued that Ghana has become a source, transit point and destination for trafficking linked to cyber fraud.