Ghanaian authorities have arrested 48 Nigerian nationals in a coordinated operation on the outskirts of Accra over their alleged involvement in online fraud and romance scams, officials have said.
The arrests were carried out during a nighttime, intelligence-led raid in the Dawhenya area of the Ningo-Prampram Constituency, led by Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority (CSA) in collaboration with National Security operatives and the Ghana Police Service.
Ghana’s Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Sam George, disclosed the development in a statement posted on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday, describing the operation as a major strike against organised cybercrime.
According to the minister, preliminary interrogation indicates that the suspects—46 males and two females—are Nigerian nationals. They are allegedly linked to several cyber-related criminal activities, including romance scams, online investment fraud, impersonation schemes and illicit online gold trading.
Security operatives recovered several items during the operation, including 54 laptops, 39 mobile phones, one Starlink internet device and eight MTN TurboNet routers.
Sam George said the raid forms part of Ghana’s broader efforts to safeguard its digital and financial ecosystem from transnational cybercrime syndicates.
“We are committed to intelligence-led, surgical strikes against these criminal networks to rid our cyber ecosystem of fraudsters,” he said, adding that while Ghana remains open to legitimate business and investment, it will be “a hostile environment for cyber criminals.”
The arrests come amid heightened regional efforts to combat online fraud, following a separate crackdown earlier this year in Lagos, Nigeria, where nearly 800 suspects, including about 150 Chinese nationals, were arrested in a large-scale cybercrime operation.
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