The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has withdrawn all its legal actions against former Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah. The cases withdrawn by the OSP include an application for a conformation order to continue to freeze the assets of the former Minister, and the criminal case by the OSP, accusing […]
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OSP now has 249 professional staff on payroll compared to one in August 2021
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that as of September 2023, there a total of 249 professionals undertaking various roles in his office compared to just one staff who was in the payroll in August 2021, when Kissi Agyebeng started work as the Special Prosecutor. “I am delighted to share that, as […]
OSP charges 4 for failure to declare incomes
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has charged four public servants and a civil servant for allegedly failing to comply and declare their sources of income. Their failure to declare their sources of income is in contravention of the OSP Regulation (Operations), 2018 ( LI 2374). A statement issued by the OSP on Friday […]
Special Prosecutor lists corruption cases in court or under investigation; 120 others under consideration
The Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP) has published its half year report ending December 2022, naming cases it was currently investigating or prosecuting and related to corruption. The half-year report is in pursuant to section 3(3) of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959), which mandates the Office to publish, on a half-yearly basis, cases […]
Special Prosecutor launches full investigation into issuance of customs rulings, benchmark values
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is about to launch a full-blown investigation into all rulings and benchmark values applied by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) dating back to 2017. Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has directed the Commissioner of Customs, Col Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd), to submit all documents pertaining to […]
Special Prosecutor’s ‘corruption’ report on Labianca is ‘hollow’ – Commissioner of Customs
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, (retired) has reacted to report by the Special Prosecutor that stated that a member of the Council of State had used her position to get a favourable decision from the Customs Division of GRA, which led to a reduction in the […]