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Ghana's Communication and National Security Ministers embark on fight against cybercrime

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh

The National Security Minister, Mr. Ken Dapaah said that cybercrime is among the top four security threats in the country even though it is fairly new in Ghana.

The Ministers for Communication and the National Security made this pledge at an opening session of a Training of Trainers course at the Judicial Training Institute in Accra.

Ghana's National Security Minister, Mr. Ken Dapaah said that cybercrime is among the top four security threats in the country even though it is fairly new in Ghana.

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With the current growth in the use and access to Information Communication Technologies in Ghana, it is expected that crimes committed through the use of such technology will rise.

This is the main  reason why the Council of Europe is helping build capacity of criminal Justice authorities to protect societies worldwide in the cyberspace based on the development and implementation of the Budapest Convention on cyber crime.

Meanwhile Ghana's Minister for Communications , Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful acknowledged that emerging innovations in technology have presented a lot of challenges which need to be addressed. She urged stakeholders in the industry to work together in combating this menace.

She also said that government has plans of setting up a National Cyber Security Council and a National Cyber Security Centre that will work the private sector to fight against cybercrime. She also advised that Ghana should be abreast with the skills and knowledge gap in the industry with regards to fighting cybercrime and address outstanding skills gap.

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Hon. Owusu-Ekuful urged the Judiciary to determine ways of accepting electronic evidence when they hear cases brought before them.

The training programme has participants from the Judicial Service, NCA, National Security, Police Service, BNI the Attorneys General Department, Economic and Organised Crimes Office, Narcotics Control Board, Ministry of Communication and the Criminal Investigative Department of the Ghana Police Service. It follows soon after an international workshop on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence held last week.

The country's Acting Director General of the NCA, Mr. Joe Anokye in his welcome address at the opening ceremony, called for cooperation amongst stakeholders with regards to fighting cybercrime. He informed participants that he was delighted that as the National Coordinator for the Ghana GLACY+ National Team, steps were being taken to fight cybercrime.

Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh Magdalene Teiko Larnyoh A feminist at heart and a lover of art. She loves to write on business, politics and health.

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