Sentences with phrase «economic organised crime»

According to the MP, the allegations made public by the Economic Organised Crime Office (EOCO) who stated they were conducting an investigation into...

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«We need the full amount back into the consolidated fund,» the statement said, mentioning the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, the Bureau of National Investigations and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) as the agencies to lead the arrest operation

While it is true that the South has historically witnessed a stronger presence of the organised crime, which constrained social welfare and economic performance, it is increasingly evident that the mafia has expanded beyond historical boundaries, and it did so with devastating effects.

The power of the organised crime lies in its involvement into seemingly legal activities and in the control exercised over entire economic sectors through systematic extortion and violence.

It is also why we will establish a National Crime Agency, an operational crime - fighting body, charged with taking on serious and organised crime, economic crime, border policing and child protecCrime Agency, an operational crime - fighting body, charged with taking on serious and organised crime, economic crime, border policing and child proteccrime - fighting body, charged with taking on serious and organised crime, economic crime, border policing and child proteccrime, economic crime, border policing and child proteccrime, border policing and child protection.

Also, per the leaked document, the Presidency ought to have directed the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) to investigate all the public officials who handled the contract award as well as the payments made.

In February 2017, the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) froze the assets of Dr Opuni as part of investigations into his tenure as CEO of COCOBOD.

While many have said that the office would be a duplication of roles, because there are agencies such as the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the Economic and Organised Crime Office that are responsible for investigating corruption, others have praised its implementation and called on the president to make it truly independent of political interference.

«In this plan, Mr. Blay has, through a facility, acquired 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the NPP in the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus move.

A former Deputy Minister of Energy KT Hammond, has sued the government for directing the Economic and Organised Crime Unit (EOCO) to investigate him over the drill ship saga.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) upon hearing that Mr Ayariga had spent the said amount on his campaign wrote to him to demand his source of funding by close of Wednesday October 26.

Officials of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) picked up Kafui Bansah after it emerged that he had deliberately refused to enter the date for the hearing of the state's appeal.

A letter signed by lawyer for Smarttys Management and Production Limited, Mr Kissi Agyebeng, to which the cheque paid into the account of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) was attached said, «See attached a cheque intended as the settling of the agreed first instalment of three hundred thousand cedis drawn on the client's account of Cromwell Gray LLP.»

Speaking on the audit findings on Newsfile, Mr Kwakye said Mrs Attionu has «has been to EOCO (Economic and Organised Crimes Office) over a dozen times and has fully cooperated with the investigations that EOCO is conducting.»

The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has officially petitioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate former President Jerry John Rawlings, who has confessed to receiving $ 2 million from Nigeria's Sani Abacha after years of silence on the matter.

He further revealed that the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) has managed to retrieve almost GHC 50 million from people who swindled the state in various deals.

Interestingly, aside paying PWC the said US$ 500,000 the Economic and Organised Crime Office EOCO is also spending stake resource including precious man hours, money and others investigating the same scandal.

The interactive panel discussion, organised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), gathers members of the public and policymakers with researchers who will present their findings on subjects including crime, poverty and ageing.

General News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Former COCOBOD CEO, Dr. Stephen Opuni Lawyers for former Chief Executive of COCOBOD Stephen Opuni have accused the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) of abuse of power, following the freezing of his accounts.

A former head of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), Kweku Mortey Akpadzi, says he would soon haul before the court some media houses which published stories of allegations of embezzlement against him.

Already some executives of Commission including Deputy Chairperson of EC in charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, have been on leave to enable the Economic and Organised Crime Office [EOCO] investigate the commission in relation to some missing sums of money in the Commission's Endowment Fund.

Mr. Opuni, who was relieved of his post in January 2017, had his assets including his accounts frozen by the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) in February that same year.

This is to allow the Economic and Organised Crime Office [EOCO], to compile its report on an...

On Wednesday his spokesperson, Richard Nyamah had said the party chairman was not obliged to offer information on the deal and that anyone seeking information could petition the Human Rights Commission or the Economic and Organised Crimes Office.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Engineers and Planners, Ibrahim Mahama has been ordered to pay about GHC12 million to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) by May 8, 2017.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), has begun investigations into the award of procurement and usage of information technology (IT)- related projects of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), from 2014 to the early part of 2017.

Meannwhile, a former Chief Director of the Electoral Commission, Kwame Damoah Agyemang has said that the Economic and Organised Crimes Office's (EOCO) interest to probe into the source of campaign funds of Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and Hassan Ayariga is wrong since it has no such powers.

Citi News sources say the letter, which was copied to the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), maintains that Mr. Kwaku - Asamoah is currently not under investigation, and must not be restrained from performing...

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested two Ghanaians and a UK - based accomplice over allegations of trade - based money laundering and romance fraud.

Staff of the Economic and Organised Crime Office [EOCO], have donated blood for the Korle - Bu Teaching Hospital Blood Bank.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called the bluff of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) who petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), to investigate him over the money he received from late Nigerian leader, General Sani Abacha.

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), has given itself a week more, to conclude investigations into how the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), spent a whopping $ 72 million on Operational Business Suite (OBS) in a bid to digitize the Trust.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office is currently investigating how the fund was used and ABC News is reliably informed that the report has been ready for more than a month but its implementation has been a headache to some people in and outside government.

Several microfinance companies were in March and April this year shutdown by the regulator while some 30 others have been hauled before the Economic and Organised Crime Office.

Commander Chris Greany, City of London Police and National co-ordinator for Economic Crime, said: «The growth in online dating has led to a rise in organised criminals targeting people looking for love.

With this in mind — and taking into account the fact that the social and economic cost of serious crime to the UK, according to the 2013 Serious and Organised Crime Survey, is more than # 24 billion a year — it is vital for the health of our economy for the legal profession, particularly in the SME space, to fully engage with the SAR reporting procrime to the UK, according to the 2013 Serious and Organised Crime Survey, is more than # 24 billion a year — it is vital for the health of our economy for the legal profession, particularly in the SME space, to fully engage with the SAR reporting proCrime Survey, is more than # 24 billion a year — it is vital for the health of our economy for the legal profession, particularly in the SME space, to fully engage with the SAR reporting process.

It will tackle economic crime, organised crime, border and policing and child exploitation and protection.