Czech Republic Donates Digital Forensic Equipment to Boost Ghana’s Cybercrime Fight
The Czech Republic has bolstered Ghana’s capacity to tackle cybercrime with a donation of specialised digital forensic hardware and software to the Cybercrime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service.
The handover took place in Accra on May 13, 2026, with Czech Chargé d’affaires a.i. Nick Ojo Omorodion presenting the equipment to CID Director-General Lydia Yaako Donkor on behalf of the Czech government.
The donated package includes forensic tools supplied by Czech technology firm Compelson, developer of the MOBILedit Forensic software suite — a platform widely used by law enforcement agencies and forensic investigators to extract and analyse data from mobile phones and smart devices.
The software is capable of retrieving call logs, messages, multimedia files, and application data, including content from platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.
It can also recover certain deleted files, process device backups, and generate structured forensic reports suitable for court proceedings.
Officials said the tools would sharpen the efficiency of digital investigations and help Ghanaian investigators build stronger evidentiary cases for prosecution.
The support forms part of the CyberVAC programme, a long-term Czech-funded initiative designed to strengthen cyber capacity in partner countries through technical cooperation, skills exchange, and institutional partnerships.
The Embassy of the Czech Republic noted that the rapidly evolving nature of cybercrime and its increasingly cross-border character make international collaboration indispensable.
The latest donation builds on prior cybersecurity engagements between the two countries and deepens their bilateral cooperation in digital capacity development.
The contribution arrives at a time of growing demand for advanced forensic capabilities within Ghanaian law enforcement, as the country grapples with rising incidents of cyber fraud, online scams, digital identity theft, and mobile financial crimes.
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