Ghana Police Disrupts International Vehicle Theft Ring, Shares Details Of Luxury Vehicles Recovered
- The Criminal Investigations Department recovered some stolen cars from abroad in Ghana
- The Director-General of the CID, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, announced the recoveries during a press conference
- The cars were stolen from countries like the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Canada, and the USA
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The Criminal Investigations Department has recovered 43 high-value luxury vehicles stolen abroad and brought into Ghana so far in 2025.
The recoveries were a result of collaboration between the CID, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and international partners, including Interpol and the FBI.
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The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department, COP Lydia Yaako Donkor, told the press there was intelligence sharing in this regard.
What luxury vehicles were recovered by the CID?
The recovered vehicles included Rolls-Royce, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Mercedes-Benz models.
They were stolen from countries including the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Canada, the USA, Germany, Italy and France.
Donkor said investigations into the 43 vehicles have been concluded, with the courts ordering 18 of them to be repatriated to their countries of origin.
“Eight have already been repatriated, while 10 are pending repatriation. Cases on the remaining 25 are still pending in court."
She noted that in most of these cases, people who clear the vehicles are unable to provide proof of ownership or purchase of the vehicles from the country of origin before their importation into Ghana.
To strengthen the clampdown, the CID has established a special task force to conduct intelligence-led operations to impound suspected stolen vehicles.
The task force has already seized six more vehicles, four Toyota Tundras, one Toyota RAV4 and one Range Rover, all stolen from Canada.
US intercepts stolen cars headed for Ghana
In July, US Customs and Border Protection officials foiled an attempt to smuggle stolen vehicles to Ghana.
The officials stopped the shipment valued at approximately $150,000 at the Port of Virginia.
The manifest indicated the shipment contained several cars, including a Lincoln from the 1990s but an X-ray scan showed the cars inside did not match the manifest.
So far in 2025, officials at the Port of Virginia have intercepted stolen vehicles worth $6.5 million, according to 13newsnow.
Stolen vehicles are also known to end up Nigeria. Vehicle thieves typically use various methods to obtain vehicles, including renting cars for 30 days and then shipping them overseas immediately.
FBI chases Nigerian scammer for defrauding Trump
YEN.com.gh reported that the FBI moved to seize property belonging to Lagos-based fraudster Ehiremen Aigbokhan for stealing more than $300,000 in funds meant for US President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration.
The FBI is also working towards an arrest warrant for Aigbokhan in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme.
The scheme in question targeted a donor intending to contribute to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee.
According to legal filings seen by Peoples Gazette, Aigbokhan and his co-conspirators carried out a sophisticated fraudulent operation using the notorious Business Email Compromise scheme.
Source: YEN.com.gh
