The re-registration of SIM cards, has been beneficial in helping curb the work of fraudsters across the country.

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This was disclosed by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare, when he spoke at the Public Accounts Committee hearing.

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According to the IGP, “the challenge used to be the case where we had people walking to any service provider and getting a SIM card registered.”

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He, however, noted that: “With the registration of the numbers and the blocking of all the numbers which are unregistered, there is a difficulty for these people [scammers] to continue with their operations.”

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He added: “So the registration has helped us in defining the space to get these people arrested.”

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Government began the re-registration of SIM cards across the country with the Ghana Card as the only accepted document in October 2021.

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The re-registration of SIM cards is geared at hounding down persons who use mobile phones for criminal activities.

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