{"id":31440,"date":"2026-10-07T05:42:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=31440"},"modified":"2026-10-07T05:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:44:16","slug":"seven-arrested-for-using-ghanaian-banknotes-to-make-money-bouquets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/10\/07\/seven-arrested-for-using-ghanaian-banknotes-to-make-money-bouquets\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven arrested for using Ghanaian banknotes to make ‘money bouquets’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ghanaian authorities have arrested seven people for allegedly using banknotes to make so-called “money bouquets” and decorate cakes.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Bank of Ghana says the practice is illegal and amounts to misuse and improper handling of the cedi, the national currency.<\/p>\n

The arrests, carried out in collaboration with the police, followed a tip-off that led to a swoop on the suspects, all women, accused of selling the bouquets in different parts of the capital, Accra.<\/p>\n

The arrests are the biggest enforcement of the law against misusing the currency. In July, the bank issued a notice warning this could amount to an offence.<\/p>\n

It warned against “acts that tend to depreciate or impair the national currency, including any conduct that undermines its lawful value or use”.<\/p>\n

Bouquets of banknotes or cakes decorated with currency are often ordered as gifts for weddings, birthdays, graduations and other celebrations.<\/p>\n

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