{
  "id": 9375000,
  "title": "Galamsey: Ashanti Small-Scale Miners Association alleges police, district taskforces extort money from miners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/galamsey-ashanti-small-scale-miners-association-alleges-police",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T15:41:56.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://3news.com/news/galamsey-ashanti-small-scale-miners-association-alleges-police-district-taskforces-extort-miners"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ashanti Regional Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners, Michael Adu Gyamfi, has alleged that some police officers and mining enforcement taskforces extort money from miners during operations against illegal mining.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Land guards terrorising Ogbojo residents – Association alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/land-guards-terrorising-ogbojo-residents-association-alleges",
        "published": "2026-09-23T07:31:48.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
}