Professor Eboe Hutchful, Executive Director, African Security Dialogue and Research (ASDR), has said that the proliferation of private security companies in the country was a factor in the growing depth of crime and related issues…Mr. Sabelo Gumedze, Senior Researcher, Defence Sector Programme, Institute for Security Studies of South Africa...urged the African Union and other sub-regional bodies to take a robust stand in addressing the influx of the private security sector into the continent especially in conflict zones. Mr. Gumedze suggested that an effective regulation of the private security sector with Africa's peculiar challenges must focus on the extent of the private security industry, the effect of the privatisation of security on human rights with special reference to vulnerable groups, including women and children. Nana Adu Agyeman IV, President of the Association of Private Security Organization of Ghana (APSOG) assured the country that prospective employees of private security agencies would undergo stringent security scrutiny and be subjected to periodic checks during employment.