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The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), in a coordinated multi-agency operation with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and the Police Cybercrime Unit, has dismantled a sophisticated cyber fraud syndicate operating from Sasaabi, a community along the Dodowa road in the Greater Accra Region.
The raid, carried out on Thursday, 3 July 2025, involved a 12-member tactical police team led jointly by the Director of Operations of the Cybercrime unit of the Ghana Police Service and some senior CSA officials.
The operation resulted in the arrest of 25 Nigerian nationals, all of whom were suspected of involvement in large-scale cybercrime activities.
The joint operation team confiscated over 40 laptops and 25 mobile phones, believed to have been used in orchestrating financial fraud schemes targeting victims both in Ghana and abroad.
The operation was triggered by a distress report received by the Computer Emergency Response Team – Ghana (CERT-GH) from a Nigerian national who claimed he was being held against his will and coerced into engaging in cyber fraud.
The whistleblower provided his mother’s contact in Nigeria, through which his identity was confirmed. Subsequent checks by the CSA’s Law Enforcement Liaison Unit revealed that the individual had been officially declared missing in Nigeria. He alleged that about 20 other individuals were similarly being exploited, prompting urgent cross-border intelligence coordination.
Cyber Security Authority cracks down on cybercrime
“This operation underscores Ghana’s zero-tolerance policy on transnational cybercrime and our firm resolve to protect individuals, both Ghanaians and foreign nationals, who criminal enterprises exploit,” an official at the CSA said on condition of anonymity.
The arrested individuals are currently in police custody as authorities carry out further interrogations and digital forensics on the seized equipment. Investigators are also probing for potential links to larger international cybercrime syndicates.
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