 The Regional Tribunals were established as institutions that would be able to hear appeals from these lower level courts and alleviate the stress they are under, but few appeals actually make it to these Regional Tribunals.Due to how backed up cases are, and how costly they are to continue, many citizens have little interest in appealing a verdict for fear it might prolong the process.In 2015, 34 Ghanaian judges were accused of soliciting bribes after an expose by Anas Aremyaw Anas, a Ghanaian journalist.