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RETHINKING THE CYBERSECURITY AMENDMENT BILL: INTEGRATION AND COLLABORATION, NOT DUPLICATION

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  INTRODUCTION As Ghana moves to update its digital governance through the Cybersecurity (Amendment) Bill, 2025 , it is crucial to ask whether the proposed reforms solve a real gap — or simply create legal clutter. While the bill aims to strengthen cybersecurity regulation, it does so by expanding the powers of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) in ways that risk undermining the coherence of our criminal justice system. The proposed amendments would give the CSA powers to investigate, arrest, and even prosecute cybercrime — roles traditionally handled by the Ghana Police Service and the Office of the Attorney-General. These new mandates not only replicate existing functions but blur institutional boundaries that exist for good reason:  accountability, oversight, and separation of powers. More fundamentally, the bill reflects a troubling trend: the assumption that every digitally mediated harm must be treated as a new, standalone offence. This is legally unnecessary. Cri...
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ETHICS, INTEGRITY & LAWYERING: CONFRONTING IMPUNITY, ADVANCING JUSTICE FOR SOCIETY

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  In Ghana’s fight against corruption and environmental destruction, the conscience of the legal profession is on trial. Ghana is at a crossroads. INTRODUCTION Corruption continues to deplete public resources. Illegal mining is devastating river bodies, farmlands, and ecosystems—placing food security in serious jeopardy. These acts are not accidental; they are deliberate, profit-driven crimes committed by a few individuals at the expense of the entire nation. Yet, there is a deeper issue compounding this crisis: the legal defence of the indefensible. In many of these cases, those involved in grand corruption or illegal mining are represented by lawyers. While the law grants every accused person the right to legal representation and the presumption of innocence, this legal shield has too often become a tool for enabling impunity. There exists a moral tension we can no longer afford to ignore. THE ROLE OF THE LAWYER: LEGAL TECHNICIAN OR CITIZEN? Under Ghanaian law, lawyers...
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SYSTEMIC LAPSES IN AML COMPLIANCE: DID SOME BANKS ENABLE GRAND CORRUPTION?

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 INTRODUCTION As corruption scandals involving politically exposed persons (PEPs) dominate national discourse, one critical institution has largely escaped meaningful scrutiny: the banking sector. These are the very institutions that processed, facilitated, and in some cases, seemingly ignored questionable transactions. The evidence is stark — vast sums of money moved through regulated banks, often originating from state accounts and ending in private hands. Many of these funds were then used to acquire high-value assets such as real estate. Given the existing regulatory frameworks and sophisticated compliance tools available, it is difficult to believe this occurred without at least the tacit consent — or wilful neglect — of the financial system. This suggests more than isolated lapses. It points to deep structural weaknesses and the possible erosion of risk governance within the banks involved. To understand how this happened, one must consider the classic three-stage model of mo...
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