Ghana Police reorganises all Cybercrime Units nationwide

The Ghana Police Service has successfully reorganized all Cybercrime Units nationwide. This was done through a comprehensive reorganisation of the Cybercrime Unit (CU) at the CID Headquarters.

The reorganisation according to the Police Service took place in all 25 Police Regional commands across the country. The aim of the service, among other things, is to bring the services of the police closer to the public.

It built the capacity of its officers as part of the reorganisation. In all, specialized training was provided to 151 personnel who were also deployed to the 25 Police Regions across the country to complement criminal investigations within the regions.

The training provided beneficiaries covered “including but not limited to Digital Wallet (mobile money) Fraud, Social Engineering, Insider Threats and Online Scam. Others were Bank Card Fraud, File System Forensics, and Artefact Analysis as well as Network and Memory Forensics.” the statement released by the Police Service stated.

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Below is the full press release by the Ghana Police Service