Investigators and prosecutors trained in the fight against cybercrime

Accra, May 28, GNA – A two-day workshop took place
provide investigators and prosecutors with the necessary knowledge and skills
necessary to enable them to effectively fight against cybercrime ended on Tuesday
Accra.

The workshop was organized by the criminal court
Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) in
collaboration with the leaders of the Conference of Attorneys General of the West,
African alliance partnership with other stakeholders.

Certificates were issued to all 50
responsible for cybercrime who participated in the training.

Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr. Prosper
Kwame Agblor, Director General of Legal Affairs and Law Enforcement of Ghana Police
Service at the closing ceremony, said that the training would allow
agents to effectively investigate and prosecute cybercrime cases, but
they can be simple, complex, complicated or complicated.

He said that the fight against cybercrime was
important for a number of reasons, as this would ensure the integrity and
system availability in the future.

COP Agblor said that people would be able to
confidence that their health, finances and confidential information have been protected
while the government with legal persons would be badured that
their data has also been secured.

Mr. Agblor said that cybercrime such as cybercrime
fraud, cyber badgraphy, cyber gambling, cyber blackmail, rumor online
the spread, among others, seemed to be hidden and required specialized skills
and understanding to successfully investigate and prosecute offenders, so why
the training was timely.

The Director-General also warned that
a single mistake of clicking on an unknown link or opening an attachment could
to be the reason for mbadive cyber attacks.

"We have to be careful to click on
attachments or links in emails, practice good pbadword management, never
leave the electronic devices switched on unattended, be sensitive to navigation
banking and commercial sites and the practice of physical physical security such as
install malware and anti-virus on your electronic devices, "he advised.

Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP) Mr
George Tweneboah Deputy Director General of Criminal Investigation
Ghana's police department pointed out that the workshop had addressed
important issues of cybersecurity and cybercrime, investigation procedures,
treatment and preservation of evidence.

He added that discussions had also taken place on
cybersecurity and a legal framework against cybercrime that will help
investigations and prosecution of crimes committed in cyberspace
space.

ACP Tweneboah said that cybercrime in his
was intra / interinstitutional in nature and the partnership would be
necessary to reduce the criminal elements of cyber security at that time to
rapid growth of the e-business sector.

He further accused the officers and all
participants in the workshop to fully commit to working with each other to
the challenges of cybersecurity and cybercrime to the extent that the Internet was
cybercrime was global.

GNA