The ideas for combating cybercrime, such as laws (Substantive law, procedural law, and preventive law), investigation, creating awareness, capacity building and training, establishing cyber security authority, and building cyber security culture, among others, collectively sum up cyber security. The general conversation surrounding cyber security in the world is necessitated by cybercrime and its effects on economies worldwide. For instance, statistics from the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service indicate that Ghana lost $273.5 million to cybercrime activities from 2016 to 2022. Also, the...
The technological revolution did not arrive with only development-driven initiatives but also brought sophistication to criminal activities. It can be said that technology has revolutionized the traditional way of criminality into a more worldly one called cybercrime, where one can be physically located in Ghana and commit a crime in another country or any part of the world. That is how complex cybercrime is and how it continuously evolves into a more complex enterprise. Though crime has existed since its creation, cybercrime is argued to be the brainchild of...
The technological revolution did not arrive with only development-driven initiatives but also brought sophistication to criminal activities. It can be said that technology has revolutionized the traditional way of criminality into a more worldly one called cybercrime, where one can be physically located in Ghana and commit a crime in another country or any part of the world. That is how complex cybercrime is and how it continuously evolves into a more complex enterprise. Though crime has existed since its creation, cybercrime is argued to be the brainchild of...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become an indispensable tool for development, and as a result, all countries, especially developing countries (e.g., Ghana), who paid the price for not taking part in the industrial revolution are putting in maximum effort not to miss out on the technological advancement and its attendant development, such as the growth of related industries and job opportunities. Ghanaians are gradually embracing ICT in their everyday lives, though the use of technology in Ghana is not as widespread as it is in other countries due...
