The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo-Dampare, says the government’s SIM re-registration exercise has aided its efforts to combat cybercrime in the country.
According to the IGP, the blocking of unregistered SIM cards has aided in defining the space in which such fraudsters can be identified and apprehended.
Speaking at the Public Accounts Committee hearings, the IGP assured of efforts to combat cyberscammers.
“The challenge used to be the case where we had people walking to any service provider and getting a SIM card registered. 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. So the registration has helped us in defining the space to get these people arrested.”
According to the government, the re-registration of SIM cards will aid in the monitoring and tracking of individuals who use mobile phones for criminal purposes.
The move is also intended to curb the country’s rising rate of cybercrime.
