COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has announced that the organisation has decided to return the Cecilia Dapaah docket to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).<\/p>\n
According to her, this is due to the lack of additional information required by EOCO\u00a0to conduct investigations for potential prosecution of the crime of money laundering.<\/p>\n
Addressing the media in Accra yesterday, COP Addo-Danquah said the decision was arrived at following the Attorney General\u2019s (AG) advice on the matter.<\/p>\n
She claimed that the AG noted in his recommendation that the OSP failed to offer a basis for its determination of potential money laundering crimes for investigation by EOCO.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the docket was referred to us,\u00a0in the opinion of the Special Prosecutor,\u00a0it bordered on money laundering. We requested the basis of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s conclusion which enabled him to recommend\u00a0that we continue.\u00a0However, we have not received any response to date,\u201d the EOCO boss noted.<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cAfter reviewing the entire docket, we found it difficult to proceed. Normally, after completing a docket, it can be sent to the Attorney General\u2019s office for advice. However, in this case, we could not find a clear path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
COP Addo-Danquah revealed that before the OSP delivered Cecilia Dapaah\u2019s docket to EOCO, the AG had directed the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to investigate the source of the funds.<\/p>\n
\u201cMoney laundering is not a standalone crime; it is linked to unlawful activities. Therefore, money laundering can only be addressed when the money\u2019s source is illegal activities,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving not identified any predicate offence in the docket to pursue an investigation, we sought guidance from the Attorney General\u2019s office,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Attorney General indicated that since CID was already handling the case, there was no need for further action,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you read the AG\u2019s advice, whatever\u00a0that we\u00a0would have done had already been directed at the police CID. And like he said this morning, when you investigate a case\u00a0and\u00a0you do not find anything, we should be bold enough to come and tell the public that for this case, even though I suspected this at the\u00a0time,\u00a0that wasn\u2019t what came out; we should be bold,\u201d she intimated.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, we cannot continue\u00a0to be\u00a0fishing like you don\u2019t even know what you are looking for.\u00a0You\u00a0just\u00a0go about looking for something that you\u00a0know that you are not even sure about.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, what I am going to do is that with the AG\u2019s advice, I will send the docket that we received from the OSP to him that there is nothing in it,\u201d\u00a0the EOCO boss emphasised.<\/p>\n
Background<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice have stated that the OSP referral to the EOCO for investigations into money laundering in the Cecilia Dapaah case was without merit.<\/p>\n
As a result, the AG advised EOCO not to initiate money laundering investigations against the former Sanitation Minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the absence of the identification of any criminality associated with the properties retrieved from the suspects, the OSP\u2019s referral to EOCO for investigations to be conducted into money laundering is without basis,\u201d the AG said.<\/p>\n
By Prince Fiifi Yorke<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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