Posted by Samuel on Fri 25th Jul, 2025 - tori.ng
The operation, conducted in the early hours of Thursday, July 24, 2025, following intelligence reports that some foreign nationals were unlawfully residing in the area and may have been trafficked into the country and forced into online fraud.
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested approximately 50 Nigerian nationals, including a landlord, in a raid at McCarthy Hills in the Ga South Municipality of Accra. The arrests were made over suspected involvement in cybercrime and human trafficking.
The operation, conducted in the early hours of Thursday, July 24, 2025, following intelligence reports that some foreign nationals were unlawfully residing in the area and may have been trafficked into the country and forced into online fraud.
“This operation follows intelligence gathered on the illegal stay of some foreign nationals in the area, some of whom were trafficked into the country and forced into cyber fraud by their facilitators,” said Assistant Commissioner of Immigration M. Amoako-Atta, Head of Public Affairs of the GIS in a statement.
The raid, carried out in coordination with other national security agencies, resulted in the arrest of dozens of individuals and the landlord of the property believed to have been used for the alleged activities.
Mr Amoako-Atta said further investigations are ongoing, and the suspects are being screened, and updates would be shared as the situation develops.
The McCarthy Hills operation follows recent arrests involving cybercrime and trafficking networks operating in residential communities in Accra.
In April 2025, a joint team from the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the Ghana Police Service, and other security agencies arrested 219 foreign nationals, including minors, during a raid at Oyarifa in the Ga East Municipality.
That operation uncovered a large-scale cyber fraud and trafficking syndicate.