The Cyber Security Authority (CSA), in collaboration 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, conducted on Thursday, July 3, 2025, involved a 12-member tactical police team jointly led by the Director of Operations of the Cybercrime Unit of the Ghana Police Service and senior officials from the CSA.
This operation resulted in the arrest of 25 Nigerian nationals, all suspected of being involved in large-scale cybercrime activities. The joint operation team confiscated over 40 laptops and 25 mobile phones, believed to have been used for orchestrating financial fraud schemes targeting victims both in Ghana and abroad.The operation was initiated following 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 information in Nigeria, which was used to confirm his identity. Subsequent checks by the CSA’s Law Enforcement Liaison Unit revealed that he 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.
Source: GraphicOnline
