The high-profile raid, carried out on Thursday, July 3, 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 senior officials from the CSA.
The operation led to the arrest of 25 Nigerian nationals, all 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 information 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.
“This operation underscores Ghana’s zero-tolerance policy on transnational cybercrime and our firm resolve to protect individuals — both Ghanaians and foreign nationals — who are exploited by criminal enterprises,” said a senior official at the CSA.
The arrested individuals are currently in police custody as authorities carry out further interrogations and digital forensic investigations on the seized equipment. Investigators are also probing potential links to larger international cybercrime syndicates.
The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening inter-agency partnerships and employing intelligence-driven strategies to secure Ghana’s cyberspace and uphold public trust in the country’s digital ecosystem.
