Financial Intelligence Centre — state institution that investigates financial crimes and submitted petition triggering PDS investigation conducted by EOCO and BNI.
… Meanwhile, counsel for Osei Assibey has filed an application seeking the court to order the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) to defreeze the accused person’s accounts. …
… WeWire is registered with Ghana’s Financial Intelligence Centre and the Data Protection Commission and is a participant in the Bank of Ghana’s Innovation Sandbox. …
… WeWire is registered with Ghana’s Financial Intelligence Centre and the Data Protection Commission and is a participant in the Bank of Ghana’s Innovation Sandbox. …
… Tracing such details falls within what the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) with the responsibility for analyzing financial transactions, identifying suspicious activity, and combating money laundering is able to do. …
The former Member of Parliament for the Adentan Constituency, Kojo Adu-Asare, has paid special tribute to the Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Intelligence Centre, Ing. …
… Ato Forson, Chief of Staff Julius Debrah and the presidency, former NDC chairman Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, Goldbod CEO Sammy Gymafi, former EPA boss Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, MP for Sekondi Andrew Egyapa Mercer and the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Intelligence Centre …
… According to him, the current investigation was triggered by a petition from the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), and not directly by campaign statements previously made by President John Dramani Mahama concerning the PDS scandal. …
An anti-human trafficking forum has called on the Government of Ghana to stop prosecuting victims of trafficking for forced cybercrime, warning that treating them as criminals allows trafficking syndicates to thrive. The forum urged state institutions to adopt a victim-centred approach and ensure that individuals rescued from scam operations are screened as potential trafficking victims before any criminal proceedings.
An anti-human trafficking forum has called on the Government of Ghana to stop prosecuting victims of trafficking for forced cybercrime, warning that treating them as criminals allows trafficking syndicates to thrive. The forum urged state institutions to adopt a victim-centred approach and ensure that individuals rescued from scam operations are screened as potential trafficking victims before any criminal proceedings.
A coalition of civil society organisations will be launched in Ghana to combat transnational organised crime and the trafficking of young people into cyber-enabled scam operations across West Africa. The Ghana Civil Society Coalition Against Transnational Crime will be formally launched on August 12, 2026, serving as a survivor-informed platform to coordinate civil society action against trafficking for forced criminality and related transnational crimes.
The Cyber Security Authority has urged organisations to view cybersecurity as a continuous process rather than one-time investment, stating that Ghana's strategy is built on collaboration among regulators and industry players. The banking and finance sector is one of Ghana's 13 critical national infrastructure sectors, with the Bank of Ghana coordinating cybersecurity within the financial sector alongside the CSA.
ECOWAS parliamentary public accounts committee members have been urged to strengthen collaboration to tackle corruption, illicit financial flows and financial crimes in the sub-region. The Finance Minister noted that Africa loses an estimated $88.6 billion annually to corruption and illicit financial flows, resources that could otherwise support education, healthcare and infrastructure.
The South African Revenue Service requires all travellers entering or leaving South Africa to submit an online declaration via the South African Traveller Management System no more than 24 hours before departure, effective 1 July 2026. The system, piloted since 2022 on a voluntary basis, is now mandatory for citizens, residents, and foreign travellers across air, land, sea, and rail ports.
The Audit Service disclosed that it awarded 10 outsourced audit contracts to TRC Consult between January 2025 and the present through single-source procurement approved by the Public Procurement Authority. The contracts, covering audits of public institutions including GIDA, MIIF, the Ghana Tourism Authority, and the University of Ghana's WACCBIP project, had fees ranging from GH¢32,750 to GH¢291,000.
A community banking expert has called on the Bank of Ghana to accelerate approvals for newly elected directors and branch openings, citing regulatory delays that could slow expansion into underserved areas and hinder financial inclusion efforts. Industry players say lengthy clearance processes increase operational costs and prevent banks from fully constituting their boards, though they acknowledge the central bank's strong regulatory oversight has strengthened sector stability.
The Governing Council of Bolgatanga Technical University has terminated the appointment of Vice-Chancellor Professor Samuel Erasmus Alnaa, effective June 11, 2026, in relation to procurement issues; two directors have been demoted and suspended for three months, and a fourth officer issued a warning. Alnaa has filed a court challenge to the decision.
The Bank of Ghana's First Deputy Governor said tokenisation of real-world assets could deepen capital markets, improve financing efficiency and broaden access to investment opportunities, noting that more than three million Ghanaians participate in the digital asset ecosystem worth billions of dollars.
Transparency International Ghana has called for stronger enforcement of the Right to Information Act and enhanced accountability mechanisms to combat corruption and improve transparency in governance. The organisation said weak implementation of legal and institutional frameworks continues to limit citizens' access to public information and undermine anti-corruption efforts.
The Attorney General has filed more disclosures and witness statements in the trial of former National Service Authority Executive Director Osei Assibey Antwi, who faces charges including stealing and money laundering. The trial judge adjourned the case to June 29 for case management, and the defence has applied to unfreeze the accused's accounts.
Cryptocurrency is digital money secured by mathematics and computer networks rather than banks or governments; Bitcoin, created in 2009, was designed to prevent any single entity from controlling it, and other cryptocurrencies including Ethereum and stablecoins have since emerged to serve various financial purposes.
Cryptocurrency is digital money secured by mathematics and computer networks rather than banks or governments. Bitcoin, created in 2009, was designed to prevent institutional control and arbitrary inflation, with other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum and stablecoins subsequently emerging for various financial applications.
Hidden technology setups called SIM boxes are causing Ghana's telecommunications sector to lose roughly GHS 300 million yearly through fraud schemes that intercept international calls and divert revenue.
Kojo Adu-Asare, former Adentan MP, has publicly thanked Kwadwo Twum Boafo (CEO of the Financial Intelligence Centre), Julius Debrah (Chief of Staff), Ato Forson and Mohammed Amin Adam (current and former Finance Ministers), and others for their support during his six-year battle with kidney failure and transplant.
Former MP for Adentan Kojo Adu Asare revealed his six-year struggle with end-stage renal disease and dialysis, disclosing that a single session costs GH₵650 and he requires three sessions weekly, totalling approximately GH₵1,950 per week, alongside expensive medications and medical tests.
The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Raymond Archer, has dismissed assertions that two lawyers from Minka-Premo & Co. were arrested while representing their clients in PDS investigations. He stated that the lawyers had earlier been invited by investigators as suspects and that the PDS investigation is being jointly conducted by EOCO and the BNI, triggered by a petition from the Financial Intelligence Centre.
Ghana's banks recorded 16,733 fraud cases in 2024, a five per cent increase on 2023, with total value at risk climbing 13 per cent to roughly GH¢99 million, even as the sector has become better capitalised and supervised since the 2018 licence revocations.