The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service on a request by the Special Prosecutor has issued a Red Notice for some four individuals. They include Samuel Adam Forster alias Adam Mahama, Philip Sean Middlemiss, Leanne Sarah Davis and Sarah Furneaux.
A statement from the Head of Public Affairs Department of the CID, DSP Juliana Obeng said these individuals have been published on the INTERPOL Red Notice in connection with the air bus scandal being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
Reports emerged that the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) issued an arrest warrant for Samuel Adam Foster alias Adam Mahama in connection with his role in the Airbus bribery scandal.
He is being charged for accepting bribe to influence a public officer and acting in collaboration with a public officer for the public officer’s private gain.
According to Interpol, for the offence, he is liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 25 years.
The arrest warrant which was issued on July 10, said once Mr Adam Mahama is traced, “assurances are given that an extradition will be sought upon arrest of the person, in conformity with national laws and/or the applicable bilateral and multilateral treaties.”
Ghana is one of five countries in which the European aviation giant, Airbus, paid or attempted to pay millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for contracts, leading a court in Britain to slap a fine of $3 billion on the company.
In court documents and hearings, Airbus admitted five counts of failing to prevent bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries, including Ghana, to land high-value contracts.
The scheme was run by a unit at Airbus’ French headquarters, which its one-time chief executive, Tom Enders, reportedly called “bullshit castle. Other British nationals; Philip Sean Middlemiss; Sarah Davis and Sarah Furneaux are connected to the case for their roles in the scandal.
