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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
The arrests followed a series of coordinated raids across key mining-affected regions, with a major anti-galamsey operation taking place in Samreboi and surrounding communities along the Tano River in the Western Region.
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Business
The directive applies to all categories of excavators, including those owned by individuals, dealers, and mining concession holders.
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Courts
The 37-member team, led by ASP Bawah Abdul Jalil, stormed the reserve and confirmed that illegal mining activities were ongoing.
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Crime
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
The June 2, 2025 operation—led by the Mankranso District Police Command in collaboration with the Ahafo Ano South West District Assembly—was part of an intensified crackdown on galamsey, the locally coined term for illegal small-scale minin...
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General
The Minister’s statement notes first of all that this has become necessary due to the devastating effect of ‘galamsey’ and as a fallout of the national Consultative Dialogue which empowered him to take appropriate steps to give effect to it...
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General
Ghana’s Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has warned that the government would continue to punish all persons involved in illegal mining operations in the country.
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Courts
He was also fined 10,000 penalty units on each count. In default of payment, he is to serve an additional three-year term of imprisonment with hard labour under each count.
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Courts
The complainant, Imoro Alhassan, a scrap dealer from Twifo Praso, told police he was approached in October 2025 by Eugene Ofosu, who claimed his “boss”, Richard Adomako, had five excavators available for sale as scrap.
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General
According to the ministry, coordinated actions led by the Blue Water Guards and the National Anti-Illegal Mining Operations Secretariat (NAIMOS) resulted in the seizures.
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General
At his first media engagement on Wednesday, September 10, the President revealed that a specially formed national task force has been deployed to tackle the problem, and significant results have already been achieved.
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General
The tactical mission, carried out on Sunday, June 15, saw the anti-galamsey task force depart Accra around 10:00 a.m. and descend on mining hotspots in the Asikam and Potrase communities near the Birim River.
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Crime
The operation, spearheaded by the Police Service’s Special Operations Unit, was initiated after actionable intelligence pointed to the movement of illicit mining machinery outside Samreboï, in Ghana’s Western Region.
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Courts
Delivering the ruling on April 2, 2025, Judge Lawrence Buenor Buer admitted that the court lacked the authority to issue the release order made on March 28. He emphasized that the court overstepped its jurisdiction in matters relating to il...
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Crime
The raid, executed on Sunday, March 9, 2025, focused on Compartments 17 and 20 of the reserve, areas that have been plagued by repeated incursions from illegal miners despite multiple eviction attempts.
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General
The EPA recently issued a directive ordering a complete halt to mining activities within and around river bodies.
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Courts
IMCIM was established by the government to clamp down on illegal small mining also known as galamsey which is causing havoc to the country’s water resources and lands
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General
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday reaffirmed his determination to root out illegal mining and stated that the burning of equipment used for the pollution of water bodies and forest reserves will not cease till the criminal...
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General
The operation, which began last Thursday and ended on Saturday, was conducted with the support of the Blue Water Guards and targeted galamsey strongholds that had turned the rivers into heavily polluted sites.
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