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.
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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
General
Ghana's Dr Sylvia Adusu becomes first African woman elected to ITLOS
Her election makes her the first African woman to serve on the Hamburg-based tribunal.
DL News
General
Ghana rallies support for historical election of Dr Sylvia Adusu as Judge of ITLOS
Dr. Adusu, a Chief State Attorney and Director of the International Division at Ghana’s Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice, is Ghana’s candidate for the ITLOS election scheduled for 18 June 2026.
DL News
Crime
Ghana, Nigeria cyber-fraud ring busted in $400,000 fast-food scam
The network was exposed during Operation Sentinel, a regional cybercrime crackdown targeting business email compromise, digital extortion and ransomware schemes identified in INTERPOL’s 2025 Africa Cyber Threat Assessment as fast-escalating...
DL News
Crime
32 Nigerians arrested in Kasoa–Tuba cybercrime swoop
The coordinated swoop, carried out at a targeted location in the area, led to the seizure of 31 laptops and 15 mobile phones, which security officials believe were being used to facilitate various cyber-related offences.
DL News
Courts
Mustapha Hamid,nine others arraigned over alleged GH¢291m corruption charges
The accused appeared on Tuesday, 9 December, before Criminal Court 4 to answer 54 counts in total, including Extortion, Using Public Office for Profit, Money Laundering and Conspiracy.
DL News
Crime
Four robbery suspects arrested, one fatally shot in police operations in Kumasi
The first incident occurred on July 9 along the Ankaako–Asuoso–Fenase road in the Amansie South District.
DL News
Crime
Police disrupt armed robbery plot targeting foreigner in Accra
The operation, executed on Monday, July 15, 2025, was triggered by credible intelligence that five armed suspects had checked into a hotel in Labadi, allegedly plotting to rob a foreign national in the upscale Cantonments area.
DL News
Crime
Man arrested for murder over ex-wife dispute after viral video
According to police, the deadly incident occurred on April 1, 2025, during a violent altercation between the suspect and the victim.
DL News
Business
Police arrest woman over acid attack on ex-lover
The incident occurred in the early hours of May 28, 2025, at Ofankor 7 Days Stretch, after Mavis unexpectedly showed up at Gideon’s home in Ablekuma Fan Milk around 1:00 a.m. and requested a ride to her destination.
DL News
Crime
Police arrest taxi driver over alleged murder of 23-year old girlfriend
According to the Ashanti Regional Police Command, Boamah was apprehended on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at a hideout in Namong, Offinso Municipality—three days after he allegedly went into hiding.
DL News
General
Fighting Terrorism with Terrorism? Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah: An International Law Perspective
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas seeks an end to Israeli control over the West Bank, a territory widely acknowledged as part of the Palestinian territories. However, the United States and Europe, have classified Hamas as a terrorist org...
Akyena Brantuo Benjamin
Crime
Two in court for allegedly siphoning GHC252,923 from company’s account
At the Dansoman Circuit Court, two out of the three accused persons were present.
GNA
Africa
Nigeria: Binance official escapes custody
Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan dual national, was arrested in February with his US colleague Tigran Gambaryan.
BBC