Why galamsey persists despite regulatory efforts and what can be done

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• Kiki 19 hours ago

  The solution is simple. Institute a 25 to 50-year mandatory minimum prison sentences with hard labor for all suspects who are convicted in court. This should include the co-conspirators, ring leaders and masterminds (regardle ...
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  The solution is simple. Institute a 25 to 50-year mandatory minimum prison sentences with hard labor for all suspects who are convicted in court. This should include the co-conspirators, ring leaders and masterminds (regardless of social, economic, religious or political status), and also charge and jail anyone who tries to come and "beg" for leniency for the convicted. Watch the nonsense stop in a heart beat.

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• Earl 17 hours ago

  It's not hard to stop Galamsay. Start with creating a fine grained aerial photo of Ghana. Galamsay is easily identifiable from the air. Update the map once a month (cheap drones can be used). The map must be public, it should ...
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  It's not hard to stop Galamsay. Start with creating a fine grained aerial photo of Ghana. Galamsay is easily identifiable from the air. Update the map once a month (cheap drones can be used). The map must be public, it should be on a government website. Where the affected areas grow, send the police. Put up a fence around the site, set out armed sentries. Forbid any traffic in the area.
  
  Punish people who are caught red handed. Punish their bosses. This is of course the weak point. Because there is money in illegal gold mining, the miners can pay police and politicians to look another way.
  
  With bigger openness, a frequently updated aerial photo, this will be harder.
  
  Galamsay is driven by a coalition of poor youth without alternative employment, local police, local chiefs and politicians. They all pocket illegal money. "Chinese" are often mentioned. There might be ten or twenty Chinese, but 99 of 100 culprits are Ghaneans.

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