{"id":1223145,"date":"2022-10-13T06:43:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T06:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/13\/illegal-mining-prosecution-187-jailed-in-eastern-region-250-people-on-trial\/"},"modified":"2022-10-13T06:43:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T06:43:15","slug":"illegal-mining-prosecution-187-jailed-in-eastern-region-250-people-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/13\/illegal-mining-prosecution-187-jailed-in-eastern-region-250-people-on-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal mining prosecution: 187 jailed in Eastern Region, 250 people on trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gala.png\" alt=\"Godfred Yeboah Dame \u2014 Attorney-General and Minister of Justice \" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nGodfred Yeboah Dame \u2014 Attorney-General and Minister of Justice <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>One hundred and eighty-seven people who engaged in illegal mining (galamsey) in the Eastern Region have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment since 2017, the Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has disclosed.<\/h2>\n<p>Besides, 250 people are currently standing trial for their alleged involvement in illegal mining in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The A-G explained that out of the convictions, 39 are foreigners, made up of 29 Nigeriens, seven Nigerians and three Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>A statement made available to the media by the A-G yesterday said the sentences were handed to the illegal miners in 48 cases.<\/p>\n<p>It said the prosecution secured custodial sentences in 40 of the cases, while the courts imposed fines in the remaining eight.<\/p>\n<p>It explained that the cases were prosecuted by the Eastern Regional branch of the A-G\u2019s Office, headed by a Chief State Attorney, Emily Addo-Okyireh, with most of the cases tried at the Koforidua Circuit Court B.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other regions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Dame indicated that his outfit was compiling a list of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing relating to illegal mining from other regions.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned the regions as Ashanti, Greater Accra and Western, adding that the public would be updated on the outcomes of the cases when they were decided.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story in today&#8217;s Daily Graphic [Thursday, October 13, 2022] or via GraphicNews Plus mobile App, which can be downloaded at Playstore<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"71d324be6fa25f76287ef1a1-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"71d324be6fa25f76287ef1a1-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Godfred Yeboah Dame \u2014 Attorney-General and Minister of Justice One hundred and eighty-seven people who engaged in illegal mining (galamsey) in the Eastern Region have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment since 2017, the Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has disclosed. 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