Courts
Court grants OSP bid for secret testimony in Charles Bissue galamsey trial
Sitting at the Criminal Division, Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay on Tuesday upheld an application for the OSP’s key witness to give evidence in camera.
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Results for "Illegal forex activities"
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Crime
NAIMOS arrests 7 in midnight 'anti-galamsey' raid
The operation, carried out at about 01:20 GMT on Saturday, 6 December, targeted an active galamsey site concealed in a palm plantation along a stream known locally as Nukuru.
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General
GAF, police launch raids to arrest attackers of anti-galamsey team
The coordinated dawn raids, which began on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, are underway at Dadwene and Anwona in the Ashanti Region; Ehi in the Volta Region; and Hwediem, Kenyase, Guaso, and Marhani in the Ahafo Region.
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Courts
Court restricts Asutifi North MP’s movement over galamsey clash probe
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, ordered the legislator not to leave the Greater Accra Region without notifying investigators.
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Crime
Illegal mining raid: 10 Chinese nationals arrested, cache of guns seized in Ashanti Region
The intelligence-driven raid, which took place on Friday, 24 October between 10:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., involved a 55-member taskforce using six pickup trucks and two sprinter buses.
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Crime
Military patrol at mining site turns chaotic
On Tuesday, groups of illegal miners together with some residents carried the body to the military detachment at Esaase in protest.
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General
Police Arrest ‘Sir Obama Pokuase’ over illegal arms display
Mr. Adomako was picked up on Wednesday, August 13, over his alleged role in circulating images and videos showing individuals openly displaying high-grade, illegally acquired firearms.
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Crime
Gov’t seizes over 400 excavators in galamsey crackdown-Minister
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series press briefing at the Jubilee House, Mr Buah revealed that the Forestry Commission had confiscated a wide array of equipment used in illegal mining operations.
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Crime
IGP shakes up police leadership in Galamsey hotspots to bolster crackdown
This shake-up, aimed at reinvigorating law enforcement efforts in illegal mining zones, targets strategic police divisions in the Western, Ashanti, and Eastern Regions. Among the key areas affected are Takoradi, Asankragwa, Tarkwa, Nkawie,...
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Others
Galamsey: Deporting, burning, rule of law-Ace Anan Ankomah writes
Section 99 of the MMA imposes two conditions precedent to deportation: the individual must (i) be convicted by a court for undertaking an illegal mining operation, and (ii) serve ‘the full sentence.’
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Crime
Weija police command arrest man over illegal power connection
Ekow was brought before the Weija Circuit Court on charges of theft, valued at GH¢156,000.00, and tampering with ECG’s electricity distribution meters.
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General
Galamsey menace: Minerals Commission blames lack of legal mining sites
Speaking to Parliament’s Government Assurances Committee, Ayisi presented a range of proposed solutions to address the issue, including re-issuing revoked mining licenses and redistributing land previously explored.
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Crime
Court convicts two over illegal abortion
The convicts, Charlotte Asiedu, who administered a concoction to the girl, was charged with the offence of committing illegal abortion whilst Tetteh, the victim’s boyfriend, was charged with abetment of crime.
GNA
General
It’s good A-G is going to appeal Aisha Huang ruling – Martin Kpebu
The Chinese national was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in addition to a fine of GH₵48,000 by an Accra High Court on Monday, December 4, 2023.
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Tech
AI bot capable of insider trading and lying, say researchers
In a demonstration at the UK's AI safety summit, a bot used made-up insider information to make an "illegal" purchase of stocks without telling the firm.
BBC
Europe
UK Home Secretary does not rule out GPS tagging of Channel migrants
Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was considering "all options" to "exert some control" over migrants arriving in small boats. The Times originally reported that the Home Office was considering fitting them with GPS tags.
BBC
Crime
ECG removes service cables of 24 customers in Krobo over alleged illegality
The Tema ECG Regional Public Relations Officer, Sakyiwaa Mensah revealed this to the Ghana News Agency in an interview in Tema after the first day of a meter monitoring exercise in parts of Krobo embarked upon by the company.
GNA
Courts
Eastern Region: 187 ‘galamseyers’ jailed since 2017- Attorney General
The convicts include Twenty-nine Nigeriens, Seven Nigerians, and three Chinese nationals.
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Crime
1,614 Chinese illegal miners repatriated in 14 years – GIS
Data compiled by the Ghana Immigration Service(GIS) has revealed that between the years under review thus 2009 to 2022, it was only in 2011 that no such repatriation took place.
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Courts
Aisha Huang, three others denied bail
The four who appeared before the court on September 14, 2022, pleaded not guilty to charges of mining without a license and engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals without a valid license.
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