JoyNews goes undercover to expose customs officials who take bribes to allow traders to transport smuggled goods from neighbouring countries to the country's local markets.
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In Porous Borders, JoyNews found that unscrupulous business operators and smugglers want to escape paying the right duties and penalties on their goods that’s why they don’t use approved border posts.
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Many of the goods sold along border communities were illegally brought from either Togo or Ivory Coast.
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Customs officials at Sogakope and Elubo-Takoradi checkpoints take bribes ranging from GH¢20 to GH¢200.
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Many traders particularly women admitted that the bribery was taking a toll on their profits, but, because of the high cost of duty, they were forced to submit to the illegal transaction.
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