{
  "id": 3365434,
  "title": "Private security firms acting as political militias risk licence revocation, prosecution – National Security Coordinator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/private-security-firms-acting-as-political-militias-risk-licence",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T22:18:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/private-security-firms-acting-as-political-militias-risk-licence-revocation-prosecution-national-security-coordinator/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "National Security Coordinator COP Osman Abdul-Razak has warned that private security companies and informal community security groups that operate as political task forces or private militias during election periods risk losing their licences and facing criminal prosecution. He said no private entity would be allowed to assume the coercive powers of state security agencies or […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "Security and political governance experts call for reforms to make vigilantism Act effective",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/security-and-political-governance-experts-call-for-reforms-to-make",
        "published": "2026-08-25T20:45:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}