The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Samuel Nartey George, has announced that once again, they have struck at the heart of cybercrime operations in Ghana.
He said that a nighttime operation led by the Cyber Security Authority of Ghana, in collaboration with the National Security and the Ghana Police Service, has resulted in the arrest of 48 suspected cybercrime operatives during a coordinated intelligence-led operation in the Dawhenya area of the Ningo-Prampram Constituency.
Those arrested are believed to be Nigerian nationals, based on preliminary interrogation, comprising 46 males and two females, he said.
“The suspects are linked to a range of cyber-related criminal activities, including romance scams, online investment fraud, impersonation schemes, and illicit online gold trading. Items retrieved during the operation included 54 laptops, 39 mobile phones, one Starlink internet device, and eight MTN TurboNet routers.
“We are committed to carrying out intelligence-led surgical strikes against these crime syndicates to ensure that we rid our cyber ecosystem of these criminals. Ghana welcomes everyone interested in legitimate enterprise. We will remain a hostile domain for cyber criminals,” Sasm Goegre wrote on Facebook.
He commended the operatives who carried out this operation with the “professionalism for which our security services are globally recognised. Their service is celebrated”.
