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Court jails 20-year-old for Internet fraud, romance scam
A statement by the EFCC in the zone said that upon arrest, Gideon was profiled and volunteered statements, admitting to committing the crime.
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Courts
State Prosecutor amends charge sheet against Christ Embassy “Pneumatic Night” organizers
The accused persons have been charged for conspiracy to commit crime and three counts of failing to comply with COVID-19 restrictions
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Asia
Hong Kong police declare Apple Daily newsroom a crime scene as editors and executives arrested under national security law
Senior superintendent Steve Li, of the police’s national security department, said 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.3 million) in assets related to the newspaper had been frozen
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General
Bullion Van Attack: Legal practitioner cautions Police against compelling CCTV footage owner to give up video
Mr. Abdulai believes that in the absence of a definite legal framework to govern the use of CCTV cameras in Ghana, the man retains ownership of the video footage.
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Courts
Court grants 5 police ‘robbers’ GH₵ 80,000 bail
They have been charged with conspiracy, robbery, and conspiracy to commit a crime by giving bribe to influence a public officer
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Crime
More tales of missing babies pop up
Four months after the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) busted a series of baby-harvesting and child-trafficking syndicates in Accra, more people have stepped forward with horrifying tales of missing babies.
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Crime
Police arrest 500 foreign nationals in Bolga
The security agencies, led by the Ghana Police Service, last Sunday rounded up about 500 foreigners in a dawn swoop at various locations in the Bolgatanga municipality in the Upper East Region.
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General
Who is Kissi Agyebeng, the man pencilled in for Special Prosecutor?
Mr Kissi Agyebeng, is a legal practitioner, and Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal, who is expected to be nominated as the next Special Prosecutor (SP), according to Daily Graphic sources.
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Crime
Bono: Three police officers interdicted for secretly burying man they allegedly brutalized to death
The Bono Regional Police Command has interdicted three police officers at the Seikwa police station for their alleged involvement in brutalizing a 48-year-old man, Abu Mepal to death.
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Opinion
The Law 101 – Plea Deals: Justice made swifter and surer
The article explains that plea bargaining is a lawful, regulated, and long-recognised feature of Ghana’s criminal justice system, strengthened by Act 1079 to promote faster justice, restitution, accountability, and judicial oversight.
Samson Lardy Anyenini
Opinion
Rethinking Malicious Prosecution; A Discussion on the Tort of Malicious Prosecution within the Constitutional Framework of Ghana.
The article argues that the tort of malicious prosecution, as received under common law, is problematic in present-day Ghana under Article 88. The author suggests that the proper defendant in such cases should be the Attorney General, who i...
Reindorf Twumasi Ankrah, Esq.
Opinion
The Role of a Criminal Case Complainant in Ghana
From the genesis of the modern state, the prosecution of an accused person has been the preserve of the State and not the victim or complainant. This is because crime is considered a wrong or injury against the State as a whole.Thus, compla...
Selasi Kuwornu
Opinion
Fidelity to the Law or to the Public: Patricia Asieduwaa v The Republic, A Test Case for Judicial Independence in Ghana
This article argues that judicial independence requires unwavering fidelity to the law rather than public sentiment, especially in high-profile criminal cases. It defends the appellate reduction of Patricia Asieduwaa’s sentence as legally s...
Albert Gyamfi Esq.
Opinion
Harmonizing Customary Practices and Statutory Law: The Need to Amend Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to Recognize and Enforce Customary Offences and Sanctions Across Ghanaian Communities
This article argues that whilst Ghana’s statutory criminal law (via the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) governs codified offences, it fails to formally recognise many customary offences and sanctions entrenched in Ghanaian communities....
Kofi Annan and Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng Esq.
Opinion
Committal proceedings in trials on indictment in Ghana: Its relevance in contemporary times
Trials on Indictment are the only form of trial where committal proceedings are conducted. Generally trials on Indictment are reserved for more serious offences and are characterized by more formality. The author discusses its origins and e...
Gloria Teye
Opinion
Freedom of expression: A driver for all Human Rights for Ghana's development
Delivered by Justice Sir Dennis Dominic Adjei to the Ghana Journalists Association on Wednesday 3rd May, 2023
JUSTICE DENNIS ADJEI
Opinion
Exposition of the current position of the law on corruption, anti-money laundering and narcotics
Presentation at the Association of Magistrates and Judges Conference on 29th September, 2021 by Justice Dennis Adjei
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Business
EOCO demands financial records from Sarkodie Baffour Awuah and Partners in ongoing investigations
In a confidential letter dated October 30, 2026, and signed by the Acting Executive Director of EOCO, Raymond Archer, the Office directed the Accra-based law firm to submit documents covering its financial and administrative activities from...
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Courts
Student pleads not guilty to alleged theft of Bishop Obinim’s GH¢1.5m
The accused pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit a crime, namely stealing, when she appeared before the Adenta Circuit Court for the second time on Friday.
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Others
Testing GoldBod CEO’s “New law” on small-scale mining against the law-Prof Kwadwo Appiagyei writes
“Once it’s not a water body; it’s not a forest reserve or… place like a roadside, whether the person has licence or not; the government says we should allow the person to mine and register and regularise them” – CEO, GoldBod
Professor Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua