By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The Special Prosecutor (SP) of Ghana, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, has met with officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) at their Washington D.C. headquarters.
According to Mr. Agyebeng, the purpose of his visit to the FBI was to gain insights into their organizational structure, operations, and best practices, and enhance collaboration and capacity building.
The Special Prosecutor met with the Acting Assistant Director of the International Operations Division at the FBI, Jason Beachy, and a host of unit chiefs.
At the Department of Justice (DOJ), the SP was received by the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Arun G. Rao, and the Deputy Director of the Consumer Protection Branch (CPB) within the Justice Department’s Civil Division Richard Goldberg.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) on October 11 announced that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States of America had initiated investigations into the activities of former Sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her associates.
The OSP in a post on ‘X’ formerly Twitter indicated that “These investigations primarily focus on examining their assets and financial transactions within the United States of America.”
According to the OSP, the collaborative effort is to ascertain the lawfulness of Ms Dapaah and her associates’ wealth, “both in the context of their funds transitioning from Ghana to the United States and vice versa.”
