Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd) has lifted the lid on systemic corruption within Ghana's Police Service, blaming a deeply entrenched "returns" culture for undermining the fight against illegal mining.
During a conversation on The KeyPoints with Alfred Ocansey, he described how routine kickbacks within the service are stifling law enforcement efforts. "Any revenues, whether in galamsey areas, on the market, on the roads-wherever the police collect money-they call it returns," Col.
Aboagye said. "The station officer, the police officer on the road, will send returns to the district, from district to division, from division to regional, from regional to national.
Everybody gets his or her cut.
