Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, has announced significant progress in Ghana’s efforts to combat cybercrime.
In a press briefing on Thursday, July 3, 2025, he said the country is recording major breakthroughs through intensified surveillance and collaboration among security agencies.
Over the past five months, joint operations led by the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), in partnership with the Ghana Police Service and the National Intelligence Bureau, have resulted in multiple arrests and successful prosecutions.
These cases, the minister said, involved romance scams, child sexual abuse material, financial fraud, recruitment scams, and more.
“In the last five months, we have conducted a number of operations in conjunction with the Ghana Police Service and the National Intelligence Bureau. A number of individuals have been surveilled, arrested, and prosecuted successfully,” Sam George stated.
The key operations include a major cyber fraud bust at Nyamiduya Estates in Tema, where 426 foreign nationals were arrested and over 4,000 phones, 70 laptops, and five firearms were seized.
Another operation in Sogapoke led to the arrest of 11 people involved in recruitment fraud and document forgery.
The minister also revealed that the FBI had sought Ghana’s assistance in locating five suspects tied to cybercrimes involving over $105 million which the CSA successfully identified the individuals using its advanced digital tools.
He assured the public of continued efforts to safeguard Ghana’s digital space and called for collective support in the fight against cybercrime.
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