EOCO: Anti-graft institution recovers GHS 27m for State
The assurance comes after Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that EOCO retrieved GHC27.55 million from proceeds of crime; monies that would have been lost to the state in 10 months.
The executive director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said her outfit will step up its effort in recovering monies due the state from next year.
The assurance comes after Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta announced that EOCO retrieved GHC27.55 million from proceeds of crime; monies that would have been lost to the state in 10 months.
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The amount is a record high for EOCO compared to an average of about five million Ghana cedis in previous years.
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Speaking on the achievement, the EOCO boss said she was grateful to her management team and all officers of EOCO who made this great feat possible.
COP Addo-Danquah said EOCO will also improve on its recoveries, sensitisation programmes on cybercrimes, gaming and its outreach programmes to markets, communities and religious institutions in the coming days.
Source: norvanreports
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