Organised crime is threat to Ghana’s security

[ad_1] The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) says the country’s democratic progress and long-term stability could be undermined if the increasing phenomenon of organised crime is not checked. It said although the country had taken commendable legal steps to stamp-out crimes, such as money laundering, drug peddling and illegal mining, more needed to be done to…

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KAIPTC Organised Crime Course Ends

[ad_1] Staff of KAIPTC, participants and some facilitators of the course   A training course on maritime security and transnational organised crime has ended in Accra with a call on participants to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to help fight transnational organised crimes within the African sub-region. The course, which started on November 3 and ended…

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MoMo vendors praise police for reduced crime rate

[ad_1] The president of the Mobile Money Agents Association, Dustan Delali Abokyi, says robbery attacks on mobile money vendors in the country have reduced since Dr George Akuffo Dampare became the Inspector General of Police. “For the first time, we have an IGP inviting MoMo agents for a program like this, this is a rare…

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Crime has no expiry date – NDC tells government officials engaged in ‘galamsey’

[ad_1] The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has warned government officials and party apparatchiks engaged in illegal mining that they would not escape the law. Addressing the media on Monday, October 16, the National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi said all government officials and party apparatchiks engaged in illegal mining must be arrested, prosecuted and punished. This,…

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‘Journalism is not a crime’ – Info Ministry fumes over assault of Citi FM reporter by NDC thugs

[ad_1] The Ministry of Information has condemned the assault of Citi TV/Citi FM journalist, Ms Akosua Otchere during the vetting of the upcoming Odododiodio parliamentary primaries of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Friday. The Ministry in a statement signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah noted that “Journalism is not a crime”…

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