The Economic and Organised Crime Office’s money laundering probes into the past dealings of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah have been advised against by the Attorney General’s office and the Ministry of Justice.
This comes after the Attorney General’s office concluded that there was no justification for the Special Prosecutor’s office to ask the Economic and Organised Crime Office to start looking into allegations of money laundering involving the former minister of sanitation, Cecilia Dapaah.
The Special Prosecutor’s office requested after it determined that the case of over 1 million dollars stolen and others found by its officers in the house of the former minister did not fall under its mandate but rather raised issues of money laundering concerns.
After working together with US agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation for several months, the OSP finally revealed this.
However, the Economic and Organised Crime Office asked the Attorney General’s office for advice on the matter, and the office discovered that the OSP had not sent the report of the joint investigation to EOCO and had not replied to the office’s request for the findings.
The Attorney General’s office claims that the only documents on the docket that were submitted to EOCO were the OSP’s letter that transmitted the docket, the diary of action, statements made during the investigation, and letters that OSP had written to other organisations, such as the CID and banks involved in the investigation.
Analysis of the docket by the Office of the Attorney General also showed that Cecilia Dapaah was not found to have committed any acts of corruption or offences related to corruption by the OSP.
However, the Attorney General’s office believes that gains from criminal proceeds resulting from unlawful activity are crucial to the money laundering case.
The Attorney General’s office comes to the conclusion that there is no justification for a money laundering investigation because there are no criminal concerns connected to the NPP politician’s properties.
Although acknowledging that EOCO had the authority to begin looking into Cecilia Dapaah’s affairs in spite of its conclusions, the Attorney General’s office recommended against it.
This is premised because the Office of the Special Prosecutor has instructed the Ghana Police Service to investigate the sources of funds found at the home of Cecilia Dapaah.
SEND A STORY: Do you have a story for us or need a promotion / advertisement? Submit them via our email, kumasionlinetv@gmail.com or via on +233 550623377
