While MLSS had strict licensing procedures for new recruitment agencies to prevent exploitation of intending migrant workers, it continued to issue business registration certificates before
TOCU had finished vetting the prospective agencies.
The co-pilot was able to switch on the autopilot, however this function 'refused to carry out the procedure because the necessary parameters were not met' according to
Tocu.
During the period October 2009 to June 2011,
TOCU conducted 172 investigations, which led to 114 court cases; the remaining cases were closed without any prosecutions.
First,
TOCU is creating a team comprising the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) and Office of National Security (ONS) officials to monitor all organized crime and narcotics cases charged locally to ensure that they are followed through to completion.