Counterfeit goods being sold by traders using Facebook and Instagram have been seized during a series of raids. Thousands of items including dangerous cosmetics, electrical products and chargers were seized. Counterfeit footwear, leather goods and tobacco were also found in various raids across the UK. The operation, led by the Trading Standards e-crime team, targeted … Read more
Two men standing trial at the Sunyani District Court ‘A’ for setting the Fiapre toll booth on fire have been ordered to make their next appearance on January 09. Mark Tetteh and Bismark Baafi have been charged with causing unlawful damage to state property and they both pleaded not guilty. Tetteh, an assembly member, who … Read more
A Tennessee man who served 31 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit is petitioning the state to compensate him $1 million for the years of his life that were taken away. All he’s gotten so far is $75. In October 1977 a Memphis woman was raped in her home by two intruders. … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday gave the prosecution in the case of Eugene Ashe, aka Wisa, the hiplife artiste, who is being tried for allegedly displaying his penis during a public event on stage, the last opportunity to provide its witness to testify in the case. The Court stated that: “If the prosecution witness … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday gave the prosecution in the case of Eugene Ashe, aka Wisa, the hiplife artiste, who is being tried for allegedly displaying his penis during a public event on stage, the last opportunity to provide its witness to testify in the case. The Court stated that: “If the prosecution witness … Read more
A white supremacist has been convicted of killing nine black worshippers in a church in South Carolina in a racially motivated attack. It took the 12 jurors just over two hours to convict 22-year-old Dylann Roof on all 33 counts he faced, including federal hate crimes. He will find out next month if he will … Read more
Though US President Barack Obama pledged to close Guantanamo Bay offshore detention centre in Cuba upon taking office, as time runs out on his administration that almost certainly will not happen. Although the number of inmates has dropped to 59 from a high of 680 in 2003, fresh construction at the facility suggests that the … Read more
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda on Tuesday scolded the United Nations for failing to take action in the case of Sudan’s president, whom the ICC is seeking to arrest on charges of genocide. In response, Egypt’s delegate to the United Nations Security Council rejected the prosecutor’s complaints and cited the African Union … Read more
The white man who shot and killed nine black churchgoers in the US state of South Carolina last year will stand trial in a city already bruised by a former police officer’s racially charged murder trial that ended in a hung jury. On Wednesday, the jury selection and opening statements are to take place in … Read more
Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital, Accra, run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department has said. Until it was shut down this summer, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey building with a corrugated iron … Read more
An organized crime ring operated a “sham” U. S. embassy in Ghana that issued illegally obtained visas for about a decade, the State Department confirmed Sunday. The building in Accra, Ghana, flew a U.S. flag every Monday, Tuesday and Friday morning. And inside the building was a picture of President Obama and signs suggesting visitors … Read more
As part of efforts to ensure a free and fair elections, the Electoral Commission has made some offences in connection with elections punishable. The infographic below captures 18 electoral offences that are punishable by law. Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is your source for all Ghana News. … Read more
A human rights lawyer and lecturer at the Queens University, Belfast School of Law in the UK, Dr Yassin Brunger, wants individual countries to be responsible for the adjudication of violations committed within their territories and not always look up to the International Criminal Court ICC. Speaking at a side event at the 15th Session … Read more
Revered radio personality and musician, Andy Dosty wishes his works would form part of his colleague presenters’ playlist but that has certainly not been the case. As monitored by Abrantepa.com, Andy Dosty in an interview on Accra FM’s Entertainment Capital, Saturday, said he could not fathom why radio presenters would not play his songs on … Read more
Way back in 2012, this is what Martin Amidu said of Woyome. One wonders then why he went ahead to sue him alone. Has he not joined those sacrificing Woyome then? Judge for yourselves! This case has never been and is not being handled properly, just to cover up for those who gave power of … Read more
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in charge of probe into the Choi case was quoted as saying that it had delivered to the presidential office its request to investigate President Park on Tuesday or Wednesday. Face-to-face investigation would be preferable in principle, the prosecution said, but it depends on consultations with Park’s office. If … Read more
It would be illegal for the Chair of the Electoral Commission to use her discretion to withhold and recount results of the December 7 presidential election should a first count show the results to be too close to call, a former Deputy Second Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Ocquaye, has said. According to the former … Read more
Two of China’s most-wanted fugitives, suspected of economic crimes, will be extradited from France to face trial at home, a senior official from the Ministry of Public Security has confirmed. More fugitives are expected to be sent back now that China is ready to begin talks about sharing confiscated ill-gotten assets with cooperative governments, said … Read more
The Archdeacon of the Oda Archdeaconry of the Anglican Church, the Very Revered Father Felix Odei Ananncy, has been installed Dean of the Saint Peter’s Anglican Cathedral in Koforidua. They are Joy John, a beautician and Sandra Sunday, a hair stylist. Joy has been charged with human trafficking, while Sandra is facing a charge of … Read more
Lucy Tang, the Chinese woman who was allegedly arrested by the police in Kumasi for possessing four pump action guns, has been remanded into custody. The Kumasi Circuit Court has also issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Felix Yeboah, an accused person in the case, who was absent in court. The court, … Read more