CID boss commends The1957News for role in dismantling cybercrime network, rescuing of 18 trafficking victims at Kwabenya

The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Commissioner of Police (COP) Lydia Yaako Donkor, has publicly acknowledged the contribution of The1957News to a police operation that led to the rescue of suspected human trafficking victims and the dismantling of a cybercrime network at Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, COP Donkor said information that triggered the operation reached the Ghana Police Service after one of the victims contacted The1957News.

The intelligence-led operation, carried out on July 12 by the CID’s Cybercrime Unit with support from the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit and the CID Headquarters Operations Unit, resulted in the rescue of 18 suspected victims of human trafficking and the arrest of five Nigerian suspects believed to be members of a cybercrime and human trafficking syndicate.