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Galamsey, guilt, and the price of impunity
If the court finds that concession authority carries enforceable responsibility when illegal mining occurs repeatedly under one’s watch, then Ghana will have strengthened the deterrent effect of the law.
On July 20, 2026, Bernard Antwi-Boasiako was convicted and sentenced to 20 years on each of four counts (concurrent) and a fine of GH¢300,000—a decision that insists Ghana’s laws must work not only for the weak, but also for the influential.
Today’s ruling suggests Ghana is no longer willing to treat environmental crime as optional or occasional.
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