Dr. Mensah added that their activities had evolved over the years and had come with different names, some of which include Operation Fight Galamsey in 2006, Operation Flash Out Artisanal Small Mining (ASM) in 2013, Operation Vanguard in 2017, and Operation Halt in 2021. All these were aimed at cracking down on the cartels involved in illegal mining at the various Galamsey sites but have not yielded the needed results. Dr. Mensah stated this at a virtual policy dialogue organized by the YAFO Institute, an independent public policy research organization, based in Accra. Read More
