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A Fake US Embassy Operated in Ghana for a Decade

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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ke-u-s-embassy-in-ghana-operated-for-a-decade

For about a decade, Turkish and Ghanaian organized crime rings operated a fake U.S. embassy in Ghana's capital, where they issued fraudulently-obtained legitimate and counterfeit visas and ID documents costing $6,000 to people from across West Africa.

That's according to the U.S. State Department, which detailed how the operation worked.

"In Accra, Ghana, there was a building that flew an American flag every Monday, Tuesday and Friday, 7:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Inside hung a photo of President Barack Obama, and signs indicated that you were in the U.S. Embassy in Ghana," reads an article from the State Department's Diplomatic Security Bureau. "However, you were not. This embassy was a sham."

The "embassy" was shut down by Ghanaian authorities this summer, in cooperation with the real U.S. Embassy, following a tip from an informant. Authorities have arrested "several suspects" and confiscated "150 passports from 10 countries," according to the article. They also discovered a fake Dutch embassy and continue to pursue "several" other suspects.
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Some Ghanian officials are pissed that their income has taken a hit.
 
We have a fake organization of our own--we call it the United Nations.
 
If you're chilly, just warm your hands with those hot takes.
 
marquee moon said:
Can't we just blow that continent off the face of the earth?
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Africa is growing/improving a lot faster than the world wants to admit - https://africaindata.org/#/title-slide

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African shouldn't be ignored by the United States for a variety of reasons but a big one is the continued interest in the continent by Russia and more so China.
 
Deacfreak07 said:
Pretty yuge gaps in data there.
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What do you mean? Just in the time series? It's showing the post-colonial growth of Africa with a bunch of indicators. If anybody is interested, the source data is available freely via CC-BY-SA license.
 
TownieDeac said:
What do you mean? Just in the time series? It's showing the post-colonial growth of Africa with a bunch of indicators. If anybody is interested, the source data is available freely via CC-BY-SA license.
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All the countries without enough data to register on those maps. Data collection in rural Africa is really tough.
 
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