AG advises EOCO against money laundering probe into Cecilia Dapaah’s affairs

The office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice has advised against money laundering investigations into the affairs of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah by the Economic and Organized Crime Office.

This follows a determination by the office of the Attorney General that the request by the office of the Special Prosecutor to the Economic and Organized Crime Office, to initiate money laundering investigations into the affairs of former Sanitation minister Cecilia Dapaah is without basis.

The office of the Attorney General however upon a request for advice on the issue by the Economic and Organized Crime Office, found that the OSP did not submit the report on the collaborative investigation to EOCO and has also not responded to a request by EOCO to furnish it with its findings.

According to the office of the Attorney General, the docket presented to EOCO only consists of the OSP’s letter transmitting the docket, the diary of action, statements taken in the course of the investigation, letters written by OSP to other institutions like the CID and Banks in the inquiry.

The Office of the Attorney General’s analyses of the docket also revealed that the OSP did not make any findings of corruption and Corruption-related offences against Cecilia Dapaah.

But in the view of the office of the Attorney General, the key to the charge of money laundering is gains obtained from criminal proceeds arising from unlawful activity.

The office of the Attorney General concludes that in the absence of any criminal issues associated with the properties of the NPP Politician, there is no basis for the investigation of money laundering.