Tema, May 6, GNA - The Tema office of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) recorded

333 criminal cases in the first quarter of this year. The office oversees the operations of the Tema Unit, Ashaiman Station, T= ema Newtown, Sakumono, Dodowa

and Ada. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Rebecca Nyamah, the Tema DOVVSU Co-ordinator, told the Ghana

News Agency in an interview on Thursday that Ashaiman recorded the highes= t number of the cases. She gave the breakdown of the 333 criminal cases as 142 for the Ashaiman=

Station, 40 for Dodowa, 21 from

Ada, 19 and 17 from Tema Newtown and Tema respectively while seven were a= lso received by the Sakumono. DSP Nyamah said the cases reported included assault, stealing, rape, attempted abortion, criminal abortion,

defilement, abduction and child trafficking. Others were threat of harm, attempted rape and abandonment of children a= s well as insulting behaviour,

unlawful entry and offensive conduct. 6 May 10