Tag Archives: OSP

The former secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, has been arrested by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). In a statement issued on June 21, 2023, the OSP indicated that Charles Bissue was arrested after he turned himself in. “At 11:45 GMT on 21 …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has said that it has the power to arrest persons suspected to be involved in acts of corruption in public agencies even without court warrants. In a tweet shared on Thursday, June 15, 2023, the OSP explained that it derives these powers from …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor has declared the former secretary to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining (IMCIM), Charles Bissue, wanted. In a notice shared on social media, on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, the OSP stated that Charles Bissue is being wanted regarding issues pertaining to his work on …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has disclosed that over 70 cases are currently under investigation. In a statement dated August 1, 2022 and signed by Kissi Agyabeng, he catalogued and detailed activities, innovations among other steps being taken to check corruption-related offences in the country. The list covers …

Care for Free and Fair Elections Ghana (“CARE”-GHANA) a non-aligned and non-partisan civil society organisation has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor to probe alleged bribery in the just ended Greater Accra and Ashanti regional executive elections of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). The petition is based on …

An anti-corruption group, Crusaders Against Corruption has petitioned the Office of Special Prosecutor to investigate circumstances under which the Chief of Staff Akosua Frema Osei Opare caused 120,000 to be deposited into the accounts of MP for Dome Kwabenya MP Sarah Adwoa Safo. It has come to light that Adwoa …

The office of the Special Prosecutor (0SP) is currently investigating forty-five (45) cases of suspected corruption and corruption-related offences. The OSP in a statement said it will announce, in the next few weeks, its conclusion(s) and further action in the following cases: LaBianca Company Limited – in respect of alleged corruption …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor under Mr Martin Amidu used a total of GHS129,016,189.52 out of the GHS322,097,921.40 allocated to the office between 2018 and 2020, a report from the Ministry of Finance has said. “The Office of the Special Prosecutor’s approved ceiling of GHS180.16 million for year 2019 …

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has declined official request to probe the missing excavators scandal. Following the media expose on the scandal, the Executive Director of Alliance for social equity and Public Accountability, Mr Mensah Thompson petitioned the OSP to investigate the alleged thievery and related corruption offences …