Rescue Operations & National Service

Decades of Direct Impact

Behind every number is a life restored. Presented here in aggregate and without identifying detail, out of respect for every survivor — these are some of the operations ACP (Rtd.) Dr. Patience Ashorkor Quaye has led or played a vital role in.

2,000+ women and children rescued across documented operations

Documented Operations

Notable Rescue Operations

She has led numerous rescue operations, working with local and international partners including INTERPOL, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and International Justice Mission (IJM), rescuing women and children locally and internationally.

Operation BIA II

263

Ghana (INTERPOL)

victims rescued

Operation Save the Nigerian Girls

400

Ghana

girls rescued

Operation Soldier Bar

300

Ghana

girls rescued

Operation TUY

300

Burkina Faso (INTERPOL)

children rescued from mining exploitation, 17 traffickers arrested

Operation 2012 Trafficking Ring

43

Ghana · 2012

Nigerian girls rescued from sexual exploitation

Operation Ashaiman

100+

Ghana

Nigerian ladies rescued

Operation Akoma II

17

Ghana (INTERPOL) · 2011

Ghanaian girls rescued from trafficking to Nigeria

Operation Save the Girls

15

Ghana

Nigerian ladies rescued

Chinese Trafficking Ring Bust

6

Ghana

traffickers apprehended in an undercover operation

Operation Pipeanoo

10

Ghana

Chinese girls rescued

Operation ADWENPE I & II

Ghana (INTERPOL)

multi-phase anti-trafficking operation

Operation IJM

Ghana

children rescued from Volta Lake exploitation

IOM Joint Operations

Ghana

children rescued from Volta Lake exploitation

Operation Mentukwa

Ghana

members of an exploitative religious group rescued

Operation Cote D'Ivoire

3

Côte d'Ivoire · 2008

Ghanaian children rescued from trafficking

Undercover Cross-Border Rescue

1

Ghana / Burkina Faso · 2010

Burkinabé boy rescued undercover and reunited with family

Operation Save Kojo

1

Nigeria · 2006

Ghanaian boy rescued from trafficking

National Policy & Legislative Contribution

  • Committee member for the Human Trafficking Bill, passed into law in 2005
  • Committee member for the National Plan of Action (NPA 1 & 2) for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, passed in 2018
  • Team member for the National Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking in Ghana, passed in 2017
  • Consultancy role in developing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Combating Human Trafficking for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 2021

Boards, Committees & Task Forces

  • Member, Human Trafficking Board (Presidentially approved)
  • Member, National Steering Committee on Human Trafficking
  • Member, Interpol Task Force / Interpol Expert Group to Combat Human Trafficking (global)
  • Member, National Steering Committee on Child Labour
  • Chairperson, Child Labour Subcommittee (Cocoa, Fishing, Mining & Quarrying)
  • Member, Human Trafficking Management Board
  • IAWP Coordinator, Region 18 (Africa)
  • Member, Human Trafficking National Technical Working Committee
  • Member, CPC Technical Working Committee
  • Member, 25th Anniversary Committee, Police Ladies Association (POLAS)
  • Member, IAWP Future Focus Group
  • Member, Africa Regional & Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
  • Member, CPA UK Project on Modern Slavery & Child Protection Task Force, U.S. Embassy
  • International Chaplain, IAWP
  • Member, 16 Days of Activism Focal Group, U.S. Embassy