The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the , COP Lydia Donkor, has given details of how vehicles stolen in Western countries are imported into Ghana.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on Monday, August 4, 2025, COP Donkor said that a special task force set up by the CID, which has impounded six vehicles from Canada, discovered the modus operandi of the car smuggling syndicates.
She stated that one of the methods used by the criminal gangs is the use of fake identities to rent cars, which are eventually smuggled into Ghana. "While the rental agreement is in force, they clandestinely ship the vehicles out of the country.
As soon as they are sure the vehicles have been cleared, they stop paying the rental charges and cut all communication with the company. "By the time the rental company realises that the contract has been abrogated, the vehicle would already have been shipped out of the country of origin," she said.
