JoyNews investigations have uncovered how customs officials take bribes to allow traders to transport smuggled goods from neighbouring countries to the country’s local markets. These officials take bribes ranging from ¢20 to ¢200 to allow these traders who have evaded paying taxes on their goods to get off the hook. In our latest hotline documentary […]
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Former TOR MD extradited to US over bribes allegedly paid to Ghanaian officials
A former Managing Director of Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) who was arrested on charges that he orchestrated bribes to Ghanaian officials while employed at the investment bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has been extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom to face the charges. Asante Kwaku Berko, a dual citizen of the United States […]
GH¢5 billion paid in bribes to public officials — Survey
Nearly GH¢5 billion was paid in cash as bribes to public officials last year, a new survey that gauges the actual payment or actions that constitute bribes has revealed. The 2021 maiden Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey (GIPSS) report, which was launched in Accra yesterday, is the first survey on the actual payment of […]
I never saw any bribery of delegates on the conference grounds – Mac Manu
The Chairman of the NPP’s National Election Committee, Peter Mac Manu has stressed that the just-ended National Delegates Conference of the party, did not record any incident of bribery at the venue. According to him, the earlier cautions from his outfit yielded results as he did not witness any delegate being induced with money at […]