U.S Attorney General Todd Blanche has revealed that the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government refused to support the United States’ extradition of Ghanaians involved in romance scams.
According to the U.S Attorney General, the previous government of Ghana revealed that they could not support US extradition of romance scammers unless the United States apologised and compensated Africa for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
In a viral news card by the BBC, the U.S Attorney General Todd Blanche was quoted to have said, “The Previous Government of Ghana told us they cannot support us in extraditing the people involved in romance scams if the U.S does not apologise and compensate Africa for the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade”.
It will be recalled that Sam Nartey George, the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, some months ago revealed that in the past government, certain individuals leaked vital information to cybercrime targets.
Speaking to the media at the Ningo-Prampram Education Directorate during the Teachers Awards and Retirees Send-Off, Sam George stated, “I have seen a number of comments on social media saying, this is not what we voted for you for. You’re going after the fraud boys, leave them alone. You’re not creating jobs”.
“Yet those same people are asking me to get PayPal to monetise, get TikTok to monetise, and get Meta to monetise. Well, Ghana will continue to be blacklisted as long as fraud persists,” he said.
He added, “Let this be clear, this action on clamping down on cyber fraud didn’t start today; the FBI did not make a request today; it was pending before I became minister. But in the past, people were leaking information to the targets and helping them evade arrest. I made a commitment when I became a minister that anything we would do to clean up Ghana internationally, we will, as we clamp down on cybercrime, make our case stronger as we talk to the platforms to monetise. The accusation that there are no jobs, then should we say we should not arrest armed robbers as well, everybody will have a reason for crime”.
Meanwhile, the United States Government, through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, has published the names of Ghanaian agencies with whom they have collaborated in their investigation against romance fraud scams targeting victims in the United States.
On May 14, 2026, the US Department of Justice acknowledged the support and cooperation of its international partners.
The U.S. Attorney General David M. Toepfer acknowledged international and national partners for their valuable assistance in this matter.
The Ghanaian institutions include,
Ghana Attorney General’s Office
EOCO – Economic Organised Crime Office
GPS – Ghana Police Service
Ghana Cyber Security Authority
NACOC – Ghana Narcotics Control Commission
Ghana Financial Intelligence Centre
Ghana Immigration Service
Ghana National Intelligence Bureau
FBI Legal Attaché Office in Accra
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@ghnow_ Tiktoker Camila Alhassan sentenced 1 year imprisonment for spreading false information against the President #GHNow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
@ghnow_ Tiktoker Camila Alhassan sentenced 1 year imprisonment for spreading false information against the President #GHNow ♬ original sound – GHnow
