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General
Ongoing case investigations at the OSP totals 75 - Half Year Report
The Office is also investigating seventy (70) other cases at various levels of consideration.
DL News15 August 2022
Courts
Commodity exporter, one other in court for allegedly robbing German national
Philip Mustapha Morka, a 58-year-old Commodity Exporter, and Nana Akwasi Adom, a 59-year-old bar operator are alleged to have committed the act with some police officers now at large.
GNA12 August 2022
General
La Bianca, its CEO, Customs did nothing wrong – Council of Freight and Trade disputes OSP's report
In its Press Release, the Council notes that both Labianca and the Customs division of the GRA acted in accordance with the laws of Ghana thus Customs Act 2015(Act 891).
DL News11 August 2022
Africa
Nigeria: Court sentences man to death for rape, murder of job seeker
Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, awaiting mobilisation for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, was killed on April 2021, after she was tricked to believing she was going for a job interview.
Ripples Nigeria5 August 2022
Courts
Treason Felony case: Oliver Barker to appear in High Court as committal ends
Oliver was charged with Treason Felony after he was arrested on February 11, 2022, at the Kotoka International Airport upon his return to Ghana from the United Kingdom.
DL News2 August 2022
General
President assents to Plea Bargaining Act, 2022 (Act 1079)
Per the Act1079 a person charged with a criminal offence may at the time before judgment, negotiate with the Attorney General for a plea agreement to reduce an offence charged to a lesser offence or to withdraw a charge against an accused p...
DL News27 July 2022
US
DNA Links 76-Year-Old Rape Suspect to Two Unsolved Murder Cases
Gary was arrested last week in connection with the 1980 killing of Latrelle Lindsay of Union City and the 1996 killing of Winifred Douglas of Berkeley
DL News26 July 2022
General
UG Snr Law Lecturer pushes for mainstreaming of 'Restorative Justice' in Ghana’s Criminal Justice System
“Generally, our legal system has not mainstreamed Restorative Justice."
DL News13 July 2022
Europe
US basketball star Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russian court
The 31-year-old was arrested in February at a Moscow airport after Russian officials say they found cannabis oil in her luggage.
CNN7 July 2022
General
Most Police Stations not utilizing Case Tracking System – Esther Ahulu
The CTS was launched in 2018 with support from the US government. It is expected to promote inter-agency collaboration and information-sharing in effectively investigating and prosecuting criminal cases.
DL News4 July 2022
Courts
Attorney General ordered to provide Security Report in Oliver Barker-Vormawor case
On June 2, 2022, the State Prosecutors provided a list of pieces of evidence in its Summary of Evidence filed by Director of Public Prosecution, Yvonne Attakora Obuobisa to be relied on in the prosecution of the case.
DL News29 June 2022
General
Parliament passes ‘Plea Bargaining Bill’
Even though there existed a few instances where plea bargaining existed for very few offenses like Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 239 of Act 30 and others, the majority of offenses under Ghana’s criminal jurisdiction are generally exclu...
DL News27 June 2022
Africa
Ike Ekweremadu: Nigerian senator accused of organ-harvesting plot
The defendants live in Nigeria but have family in London, magistrates were told. Both are accused of conspiracy to arrange and/or facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation.
BBC24 June 2022
Supreme Court News
Supreme Court denies Ato Essien special leave to appeal Court of Appeal ruling
State Prosecutors have accused the founder of the bank, William Ato Essien, of causing the insolvency of the bank by stealing about GH¢200 million of a GH¢620 million liquidity support given to the bank by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
DL News22 June 2022
Crime
Three soldiers, one other arrested for robbery near Amasaman
According to a police report, the four robbed a household of 8 mobile phones and “forcibly made them transfer an amount of GH₵ 850 to a registered MTN number bearing the name Gabriel Yinsabilik.”
DL News16 June 2022
General
African Countries must build strong democracies to reduce ICC intervention – Attorney General
Addressing a conference on the ICC and national Justice in the fight against impunity in Senegal, Mr. Dame reiterated the fact that the above can only be the best form of support that African Countries can render to the International Crimin...
DL News13 June 2022
Crime
Wa public flogging: Police arrest 25 for rioting
“The irate mob pelted the charge office and adjoining offices with stones and other implements. The youth also set vehicle tires ablaze on some major streets in the Municipality.
DL News2 June 2022
General
Ghana Bar Association commiserates with deceased lawyer’s Chambers, family
The delegation included the National Public Relations Officer, Savior Kludze, the Greater Accra Regional President, Agbesi Dzakpasu, Secretary of the Greater Accra Bar, Aurelius Awuku, and member of the Social Media Committee, Kobby Amoah.
DL News1 June 2022
Africa
Nigeria's kidnapping crisis: Should ransom payments be banned?
Since 2011, kidnappers have collected at least $18m, with more than half of it between 2016 and 2020, says SBM Intelligence, a think-tank based in Lagos.
BBC26 May 2022
Europe
Road-blocking protestors could be jailed for a year under new UK law
Under the new laws, it will be illegal for activists to lock or glue themselves to buildings with those that do facing a maximum penalty of six months in prison and an unlimited fine.
Euronews16 May 2022