Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Samuel Nartey George, has announced that the government will seek the extradition of a Russian national involved in the secret filming of Ghanaian women.
The Minister made this known while speaking to the media, condemning the actions of the Russian gentleman, Vyacheslav Trahov, who allegedly recorded intimate moments with Ghanaian women without their consent and shared the videos online.
“We will activate every resource at our disposal, working with INTERPOL, to extradite the gentleman to Ghana to face the full rigors of the law,” Sam George stated.
He added that the government will protect the rights of Ghanaian citizens, regardless of their decision-making, and ensure that those who engage in non-consensual sharing of intimate images face justice.
The Minister emphasized that recording someone without their consent and posting it online is a crime under Ghana’s Cyber Crime Offenses Act.
“It is not a crime to be able to convince a man or a woman to go into your room in six minutes; that’s not a crime by the law – that’s a personal decision to make.
“But it is a crime to record a person without their consent and even when you record and put it on your phone and the person finds out and reports to us, we’ll prosecute you ans you’ll go to jail – that’s the law of the land,” he said.
He announced that the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) is building a full docket to prosecute the case, and the government intends to file a full prosecution and trial the suspect in absentia if he fails to show up.
He further noted that the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Agnes Naa Momo Lartey has also issued a statement condemning the actions, and the government urges Ghanaians to exercise caution in their online interactions.
