Aisha Huang, the galamsey queen of illicit small-scale mining, is currently accused of six different immigration offenses and related mining-related offenses.

Aisha and her co-conspirators were detained earlier this month, and they were all charged with two crimes before an Accra Circuit Court until yesterday, September 16.

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, had hinted following the re-arrest of Huang that he would reopen a case discontinued in 2018 against her.

The four new charges were filed at the Criminal Division of the Accra High Court on Friday September 16, 2022. The virtual hearing took place in the court of Justice Lydia Marfo.

The new charges, according to a charge sheet, are as follows:

Count One: Undertaking a mining operation without a licence contrary to section 99(2)(a) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006, Act 703 as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act 2019, Act 995.

Count Two: Facilitating the participation of persons engaged in a mining operation contrary to section 99 (2)(a) & (3) of the Minerals and Mining Act, 2006, Act 703 as amended by the Minerals and Mining (Amendment) Act 2019, Act 995.

Count Three: Illegal employment of foreign nationals contrary to section 24 of the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act 573).

Count Four: Entering Ghana while prohibited from re-entry contrary to section 20(4) of the Immigration Act, 2000, Act 573.

The two charges she faces in the Circuit Court are:

Mining without license and

Engaging in the sale and purchase of minerals.

The Circuit Court case will be next heard on September 27 whiles the High Court case is due back in court on October 11.