Video of Courageous Ghanaian Journalist Who is Working to Expose Corruption and Crime

Having directly experienced corruption myself here in Ghana, and understanding the strides that Ghanaians are making to try to stamp out corruption I want to share a recent TEDx talk that discusses an enterprising Ghanaian journalist who has been leading the fight against corruption and crime.

Working in Ghana and across the African continent, Anas Aremeyaw Anas is an undercover journalist and private eye. In disguise, he finds his way into asylums, brothels and villages, where he methodically gathers evidence for hard-hitting stories -- then presents the evidence to authorities to see criminals prosecuted.

His work on human trafficking won him the US State Department Hero Award in 2008. In President Barack Obama's 2009 policy address in Ghana, he singled out Anas and commended him as "a courageous journalist who risked his life to report the truth.” His investigation in “Mad House” of a Ghanaian psychiatric ward led to a widespread awareness of mental health issues in Ghana and the passage of the 2012 Ghana Mental Health Act. His exposé of a trafficking ring in “Chinese Sex Mafia” led to three human traffickers receiving a 41-year jail sentence, while "Spell of the Albino," produced as part of Al-Jazeera's Africa Investigates series, led to widespread awareness of a sinister trade in body parts. “Enemies of the Nation,” which uncovered corruption at Ghana’s Tema Harbor, led to the recovery of $200 million in state funds.

"People ... need to see stories like this which show African people who will not condone corruption and injustice."  Julia Wangombe

 http://www.ted.com/talks/anas_aremeyaw_anas_how_i_named_shamed_and_jailed.html?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image__2013-06-05