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THE LAW 101: Revisiting the 2019 Akonta Mining Judgment
Long before the landmark criminal proceedings of 2025 that terminated on Monday July 20, 2026, the legal operations and corporate activities surrounding Akonta Mining Company Limited were subjected to rigorous judicial scrutiny in the civil courts. In Akonta Mining Company Limited & 4 Others v. The Attorney General & 3...
CID arrests 11 in Tema cybercrime operation as two ‘trafficking victims’ become suspects
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has arrested 11 suspects in an intelligence-led operation at Fafa Community in Tema after investigations revealed that two people initially identified as victims of human trafficking were allegedly coordinators of a cybercrime syndicate. The polic...
Four in court over parcel that landed traveller in Qatar jail
Four people have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly concealing 4.6 kilogrammes of marijuana in a parcel given to a traveller for delivery in Qatar. The traveller, David Vouganye, was arrested after authorities in Doha, Qatar, found the suspected narcotic drugs hidden among food and personal care items...
Adu-Boahene trial: Defence challenges investigator over national security probe
The defence team for former National Signals Bureau Director-General, Kwabena Adu-Boahene, has intensified cross-examination of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO)’s lead investigator over alleged diversion of GH¢49.1 million in public funds. Frank Marshall Cromwell, the fourth prosecution witness and lead i...
Police rescue abducted girl from Agormanya; suspect arrested
The Ghana Police Service has rescued a nine-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted at Agormanya Zongo in the Odumase-Krobo District of the Eastern Region and arrested a suspect in connection with the incident.
Suspect arrested after dramatic police chase over alleged bank robbery in Tema
A suspected robber has been arrested after a dramatic chase through Tema Community 5 following the alleged robbery of a bank customer. According to eyewitnesses, the suspects allegedly trailed the victim after a banking transaction before snatching a large sum of money and fleeing the scene in a Toyota RAV4. Their esca...
Police armoured vehicle thief gets one month behind bars
The Kwadaso Circuit Court in Kumasi has slapped a one-month jail term on a 26-year-old unemployed man for attempting to steal a police armoured vehicle at Nkawie in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of Ashanti region.
Education Ministry condemns, orders swift probe into shooting at Zohe EP Primary School
The Ministry of Education has directed the Ghana Police Service to investigate a shooting incident at Zohe Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Primary School in Yendi in the Northern Region, which reportedly left the school’s headmaster injured and caused panic among pupils and teachers. Preliminary reports indicate that two...
Canadian boyfriend murder trial adjourned after juror fails to appear
The murder trial of Safina Mohammed Adizatu, who is accused of killing her Canadian-based boyfriend, Frank Kofi Osei, has been adjourned to July 27, 2026, after one of the jurors failed to appear in court. The Accra High Court postponed proceedings to allow for the replacement of the absent juror. Following consultatio...
Mona Montrage, 31 other Ghanaians named in US ‘Worst of the Worst’ arrested criminal list
A total of 32 Ghanaian nationals have been listed in a United States government database that identifies foreign nationals arrested for various criminal offences, with some of those affected facing possible removal proceedings.
Trafficked Ghanaians should not be prosecuted for crimes they were forced to commit – Forum
A national anti-human trafficking forum has called on the Government of Ghana to stop treating victims of trafficking for forced cybercrime as criminals, warning that prosecuting them instead of identifying them as victims allows trafficking syndicates to thrive. The call forms part of a communiqué adopted at the Natio...
Suspected armed robbers arrested after motorbike robbery on Tumu-Kowie road
The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested two suspected robbers in connection with a robbery attack on the Tumu-Kowie road in the Sissala East District. The suspects, identified as 20-year-old Seidu Muizu and 22-year-old Salifu Mutada, were apprehended following an intelligence-led operation after they allege...