{"id":223466,"date":"2026-02-11T00:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/ghana\/ghana-shadows-of-identity-justice-through-forensic-biometrics\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:42:49","slug":"ghana-shadows-of-identity-justice-through-forensic-biometrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/west-africa\/ghana\/ghana-shadows-of-identity-justice-through-forensic-biometrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana: Shadows of Identity &#8211; Justice Through Forensic Biometrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"7\">A forensic blueprint for truth, security, accountability<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"31\">In an era where crime has become increasingly mobile, digital and identity-driven, the ability to reliably establish who is who has become one of the most powerful tools in justice delivery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"48\">The book <em>&#8220;Shadows of Identity: Justice Through Forensic Biometrics,&#8221;<\/em> co-authored by Dr L. K. Acheampong, Dr S. Nwodo and Dr J. Yusuf, arrives at a historic moment when forensic science must rise to meet global threats of terrorism, organised crime, cyber&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202602100696.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 West Africa <a title=\"Ghana\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/west-africa\/ghana\/\">Ghana<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A forensic blueprint for truth, security, accountability In an era where crime has become increasingly mobile, digital and identity-driven, the ability to reliably establish who is who has become one of the most powerful tools in justice delivery. The book &#8220;Shadows of Identity: Justice Through Forensic Biometrics,&#8221; co-authored by Dr L. K. Acheampong, Dr S. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":223467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4507],"tags":[258,256,37237,19693,4508,4509,10028,6852,257,17557,254],"class_list":["post-223466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ghana","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-biometrics","tag-forensic","tag-ghana","tag-ghana-news","tag-identity","tag-justice","tag-news","tag-shadows","tag-south-africa-today"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}