Tag: gold smuggling

Ghana Gold Board Launches Full Enforcement of New Gold Trading Licence Regime

New Swissaid report reveals that Ghana has lost over $11 billion in gold exports due to smuggling, with much of the bullion ending up in Dubai.

GoldBod introduces a national gold aggregation system to combat smuggling, enhance traceability, and improve gold export revenues...

Three suspected foreign nationals have been arrested in a bold crackdown on gold smuggling by the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) Security Taskforce, in what authorities noted marks the beginning of ...

Ghana’s Parliament has officially passed the GoldBod Bill, a landmark legislation aimed at transforming the country’s gold industry by regulating operations, stabilizing the cedi, and maximising revenues from gold exports. ...

Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson revealed the staggering scale of the illicit gold trade, which continues to undermine the country’s economic stability.

The core objective of GoldBod is to eliminate smuggling, ensure full forex receipts, and create a more structured and transparent marketplace for small-scale gold miners.

Martin Amidu, the former Special Prosecutor of Ghana has expressed how disappointed and shocked he is in the office of the President, for making it seems as if the portions ...

After a few years of enforcing the 3% withholding tax on gold exports, the government has now settled on a 1.5 per cent withholding tax on unprocessed gold sales by ...

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Jinapor has assured the public that his Ministry will probe and investigate the expose on gold smuggling in the country. Speaking in ...