Courts
Man remanded for robbing former second lady, other affluent individuals
Yahuza Osumanu is accused of robbing a 76-year-old woman at Ridge, as well as the wife of a former Vice President, Matilda Yaaba Amissah Arthur.
DL News
Results for "Anti-Money Laundering"
1977 results.
Africa
Nigeria: Binance official escapes custody
Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan dual national, was arrested in February with his US colleague Tigran Gambaryan.
BBC
Courts
Witness in Opuni trial says not aware of certificates on Lithovit fertilizer
He told an Accra High Court hearing the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, COCOBOD’s former chief executive officer, and Seidu Agongo, a businessman, that he was shown a copy of the certificates while in court.
GNA
Africa
Zimbabwe: US slaps fresh sanctions on President Mnangagwa and other leaders
The order also affects other senior leaders in the country - blocking their assets in the US and barring them from unofficial travel there. The new sanctions replace a broader programme that was introduced two decades ago.
BBC
Courts
Court upholds objection on tendering statement of EOCO official in Opuni trial
The prosecution initially opposed tendering the document, arguing that the statement had previously been rejected by a High Court as hearsay evidence and hence could not be admitted into evidence.
GNA
Africa
Nigerian athlete Favour Ashe arrested in US, to face theft, fraud charges
Ashe was arrested on February 6 after the department received a report from a victim that multiple items were stolen from a purse near the 100 block of West Magnolia Avenue in the city of Auburn
The Nigeria Lawyer
Courts
Six held for allegedly spreading misinformation about Herbert Mensah
The six are facing a conspiracy charge to commit offensive conduct, that they have denied, and have been given GHC50,000.00 bail with three sureties each.
GNA
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court declines Opuni’s invitation to prohibit judge from hearing his case
In dismissing the case, the five-member panel presided over by Pwamang JSC noted that it was not convinced of the applicant’s allegation of bias on the part of the judge.
DL News
Africa
Isabel dos Santos: Angolan billionaire rejects fresh criminal charges
Angola's public prosecutor has charged Ms Dos Santos with 12 crimes, including embezzlement and fraud
BBC
Business
The trade-finance gap is holding back developing economies
It is no secret that countries that have achieved sustained high growth and major reductions in poverty in recent decades owe much of their success to international trade.
DL News
Europe
Italy mafia trial: 200 sentenced to 2,200 years for mob links
The three-year trial saw individuals, including a former Italian senator sentenced for alleged links to the 'Ndrangheta, one of Europe's most influential criminal organisations.
BBC
Africa
Kenya's 'fake lawyer' thanks his supporters
On Thursday, legal officials in Kenya urged police to arrest a man practicing under the name "Brian Mwenda".
BBC
Tech
Cryptoqueen: Accomplice jailed for 20 years for OneCoin financial scam
Sebastian Karl Greenwood colluded with others, including the so-called "Cryptoqueen" who is now on the FBI's top 10 Most Wanted list, officials say.
BBC
General
Full Speech by The Attorney-General of Ghana at the 2023 Ghana Bar Conference
When I look back at certain cases whose outcomes I consider undesirable, regardless of my own views on the questions being judged in them, I come to the conclusion that, we have in this country a fiercely independent Judiciary in which all...
DL News
Africa
Former Zambian First Lady arrested for alleged theft
The former first lady and four other people were arrested after being accused of stealing a motor vehicle, according to a statement from Zambia Police's deputy public relations officer
AllAfrica
General
FULL TEXT: Attorney-General's speech at the 40th International Symposium on Economic Crime
One piece of legislation that is directly intended to prevent economically motivated crimes and the abuse of office is the PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT of 2003 (Act 663).
Godfred Yeboah Dame, Attorney General
Courts
Opuni case will not start De novo- Court of Appeal overturns ruling
In a unanimous judgment given by the three-member panel, which included Justices Jennifer Dadzie and Dr Ernest Owusu-Dapaa, the appellate court held among others that the High Court misdirected itself
DL News
Crime
EOCO declares 2 persons wanted
The two persons are Desmond Obukohwo and Nosa Justice Iyoha whose pictures were contained in a post by the EOCO in its post on Twitter on June 6, 2023, at exactly 2:55 pm.
DL News
Courts
SIM swap fraud: Two sentenced 12 months each to prison
The court held that the two accused persons were given a relatively lenient sentence since they had been in custody for a significant period of six (6) months
DL News
Courts
Police still awaits AG’s advice in NAM 1’s case
Nana Appiah Mensah was found to have operated a Ponzi scheme under his gold dealership company, MenzGold.
GNA