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Private Legal Practitioner Martin Kpebu has urged the Attorney General to retract its letter to the Economic and Organised Office, which recommended halting the money laundering investigations into former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General\u2019s office advised against these investigations on May 1, following its determination that the Special Prosecutor\u2019s request for such investigations lacked basis.<\/p>\n

The Special Prosecutor\u2019s office had requested these investigations after discovering over 1 million dollars in Madam Dapaah\u2019s residence, a case which it determined fell outside its jurisdiction but raised money laundering concerns.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Selorm Adonoo on Citi TV\u2019s The Big Issue<\/strong><\/em>, Kpebu described the Attorney General\u2019s letter as a \u201chuge mistake\u201d and suggested its withdrawal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe letter is a huge mistake, faux pas, that was a wrong step because the letter is not grounded in law. The AG is insisting that you need a predicate offence before you can prosecute someone for money laundering, but that is not correct, it\u2019s false, we have changed the law. There\u2019s a new law, for us in Ghana, it says no need for predicate offence.<\/p>\n

\u201cCecilia Dapaah cannot explain her source of money, if you take her to court, she\u2019s guilty. The Attorney General\u2019s letter is so bad, that it has to be withdrawn. The AG has to be humble, we all don\u2019t know it all, if the AG has gotten it wrong, it should just accept its mistake. It cannot win every case,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General\u2019s office\u2019s review of the docket revealed no findings of corruption against Dapaah by the OSP.<\/p>\n

However, the Attorney General\u2019s office believes that the key to a money laundering charge lies in gains obtained from criminal proceeds resulting from illegal activities.<\/p>\n

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