Arrests alone will not end Ghana’s cyber-fraud problem – Jatikay Centre

In a statement, Adib Saani of the Centre commended Ghanaian security agencies and their international partners, including the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the UK’s National Crime Agency, for their recent crackdown on suspected cyber-fraud networks.

The Jatikay Centre has warned that arrests alone will not end cyber fraud in Ghana unless authorities also address the social acceptance of unexplained wealth and lavish lifestyles associated with suspected fraudsters.

It also called for a sustained national campaign to “de-glamorise unexplained wealth and make cyber fraud socially unacceptable again,” citing peer influence, unemployment pressures and the get-rich-quick culture as factors linked to fraud in Ghana and West Africa.