Cecilia Dapaah: Reasons behind AG’s advice to EOCO not grounded in law – Kpebu

Private Legal Practitioner Martin Kpebu has rejected the Attorney General’s advice to halt the money laundering probe into former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah.

The Attorney General’s office, on May 1, recommended the Economic and Organized Crime Office not to pursue money laundering investigations against Dapaah.

This recommendation followed the Special Prosecutor’s office’s conclusion that the discovery of over 1 million dollars in Dapaah’s residence was outside its jurisdiction, instead suggesting money laundering inquiries.

The AG is insisting that you need a predicate offence before you can prosecute someone for money laundering, but that is not correct, it’s false, we have changed the law

The Attorney General’s letter is so bad that it has to be withdrawn

The Attorney General’s review also indicated no findings of corruption against Dapaah by the OSP.

However, the Attorney General’s stance is that money laundering charges hinge on profits from illegal activities.