Courts
Man arrested for causing harm breaks down in court
Squire struggled to accept the court’s decision, questioning the rationale behind the remand.
GNA
Results for "cyber-crime gang"
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US
American tourist to pay $9,000 fine for bullets in backpack
Wenrich is among five American tourists detained in recent months due to ammunition discovered in their luggage.
DL News
Africa
The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing
Dozens of suspects were indicted in the 122-page report issued by Walther Wesser Voltaire, who is the fifth judge to lead the investigation after previous ones stepped down for various reasons, including fear of being killed.
AP News
Courts
Caprice robbery: Court warns it would strike out case over prosecutor's absence
The accused persons are charged with robbing a Chinese businesswoman whom they also shot in the hand on the day of the incident.
DL News
Europe
French footballer Pogba’s brother charged in extortion case
Mathias Pogba, 32, has admitted to being behind a bizarre video published online on August 27 promising “great revelations” about the Juventus player and French national team member.
AFP
Crime
Police hunt for man who slit another’s throat in Suame
Efforts made by the Police to arrest the suspect have so far proven futile, but the body of the deceased has been sent to the morgue for autopsy.
General
It’s time to start interrogating bank staff over some robberies – Kwesi Aning
The Police Service has announced that it is putting in place urgent additional security measures in the Greater Accra Region as part of efforts to combat a seeming surge in robbery cases.
DL News
Asia
Japan gang boss sentenced to death
Defense lawyers for the Kudokai head, Satoru Nomura, 74, plan to appeal the ruling,
DL News
Opinion
Legal Vacation Without ‘Vacation.’; The Plight of ‘ORAL ’ Lawyers and the Infringed Rights of the Accused?
The article examines the controversy over substantive criminal trials continuing during Ghana’s legal vacation, particularly where defence lawyers have indicated that they are unavailable. It argues that although the Chief Justice has autho...
Frederick Gurah Sampson
Opinion
The Rebirth of Legal Education in Ghana: Understanding The Legal Education Act, 2026 (Act 1170)
The article argues that Ghana’s Legal Education Act, 2026 (Act 1170) marks a major transformation of legal education by expanding access, modernising governance, and strengthening professional training standards. It presents the Act as the...
Sedinam Awo Kwadam
Crime
Kenyan jailed 50 years for murdering LGBTQI activist
The crime, which took place nearly two years ago, shocked Kenya's LGBTQ+ community and drew widespread attention.
DL News
General
Plea bargaining not shield from accountability-AG cautions
He cautioned that employing plea bargains solely to recover the proceeds of crime without requiring an admission of guilt from the accused could undermine the core objectives of criminal law.
DL News
General
Mentally challenged prisoners to receive psychosocial, art therapy
The initiative is spearheaded by the Crime Check Foundation (CCF), a non-governmental organization, in partnership with the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
DL News
Crime
Tricycle rider jailed 12 years for defiling 10-year-old girl
The defilement incident occurred in May 2024 at Sarfo near Asonomanso in the Ashanti region while the victim's father, Kandi Inusah, was away in the Western North region.
myjoyonline
Courts
Three police officers killed J.B Danquah Adu, not Daniel Asiedu- Counsel tells court
He alleged that the former MP was killed by three police impersonators, who visited the home of the deceased.
GNA
General
100 lashes of the whip; Islamic punishment for ‘crime’ of zina-Join Dr. Mustapha Hamid
Zina is the Arabic word for illicit sex. Illicit sex is meant sex between two people who are not married to each other
DL News
Africa
Lesotho: Death penalty for HIV rapists unconstitutional, top court rules
In particular, the court held that stipulating the death penalty for a convicted rapist, held to have known he was HIV positive at the time of the crime, infringed the constitutional right to freedom from discrimination and to a right to eq...
AllAfrica
Business
Crime in books than in Practice: Black Market Foreign Exchange Businesses in Focus
The operators, who are mostly African foreign Nationals, like Nigerians, Nigeriens, Malians, and the likes however give better rates than the official Forex bureaus in the exchange of currencies.
Dennislaw Research Desk
Courts
Bullion van robberies: Court remands policemen, other accused
All five have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and abetment.
DL News
General
Police must be protectors of rights rather than ‘crime fighters’ – Criminologist
"The inherited description of the police as ‘crime fighters’ puts them in the defensive mode where they see people protesting for their human rights as enemies that must be put down by force."
DL News