We’ll make Ghana hell for economic criminals – EOCO

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) says it is working to make Ghana an unattractive destination for economic criminals.

Abdulai Bashiru Dapilah, Deputy Executive Director of Operations at EOCO, said the Office is repositioning itself and collaborating with its development partners and other law enforcement agencies to deal with economic and organised crime activities.

Dapilah said the Office is collaborating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Crime Agency, Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) – Nigeria, and GIZ, among others to achieve its targets.

He said EOCO has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Bank of Ghana, Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), BOST Company and others towards that aim.

Dapilah said the Office is amending the EOCO Act to enable it to raise funds through recoveries of proceeds of crime, adding that it would allow the Office to finance its activities and to be financially independent.

He cautioned the public against the purchase of stolen cars, saying EOCO is collaborating with the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on that.

He said EOCO has also frozen those vehicles and issued freezing orders, adding, “For the period of investigation, anybody who does not verify from us or do due diligence and buys any of such vehicles, does so at his or her own risk.”