The re-registration of SIM cards, has been beneficial in helping curb the work of fraudsters across the country.

This was disclosed by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare, when he spoke at the Public Accounts Committee hearing.

According to the IGP, “the challenge used to be the case where we had people walking to any service provider and getting a SIM card registered.”

He, however, noted that: “With the registration of the numbers and the blocking of all the numbers which are unregistered, there is a difficulty for these people [scammers] to continue with their operations.”

He added: “So the registration has helped us in defining the space to get these people arrested.”

Government began the re-registration of SIM cards across the country with the Ghana Card as the only accepted document in October 2021.

The re-registration of SIM cards is geared at hounding down persons who use mobile phones for criminal activities.