The office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), has announced it partnership with AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) as part of efforts to fight corruption in the mining sector.

This initiative, he said, was led by  Director for Strategy and Research at the OSP, Samuel Appiah Darko.

"The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is stepping up efforts to reduce corruption in the mining sector."

"In a bid to push back against corruption, AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) partnered with the Office to engage its stakeholders on the risks of engaging in corrupt acts within its operations in Obuasi, in the Ashanti Region," the OSP wrote on it X page Monday, June 30 2025.

He shed light on the core responsibilities of the OSP, emphasizing its authority to investigate and prosecute corruption cases, as well as recover illicitly acquired assets linked to public officials, politicians, their relatives and players in the private sector.

Following an invitation to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), selected journalists were trained on the legal frameworks and procedures surrounding the confiscation of assets linked to individuals suspected of corruption and other financial crimes.

The session, organized by the Ghana Anti-Corruption coalition (GACC) in collaboration with the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), forms part of a broader effort to engage the media as vital partners in advancing transparency and accountability in Ghana.

Director of Asset Recovery and Management at the OSP, Albert Akurugu, took participants through the Office’s jurisdiction in asset recovery and management.

This included the legal processes for identifying, freezing, and confiscating assets suspected to be linked to corruption.

Albert Akurugu explained the lawful steps the OSP is empowered to take under Ghanaian law.

He clarified that it is not an unlawful act but a legitimate part of investigations—either to gather evidence or to preserve assets believed to be tainted.

He further stressed the vital role journalists play in fighting corruption: “The media must raise public awareness, promote transparency, and hold institutions to account through accurate and responsible reporting.”

The session brought together other state law enforcement bodies, including the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), creating a shared platform for engaging the media on their complementary roles in combating financial crime.

In 2023, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) complied with the ruling and order of the High Court, Accra, dated 31 August 2023, by unfreezing the frozen bank accounts and investments of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah.

The OSP also returned the seized cash sums of Ms. Dapaah in the presence and assent of Ms. Dapaah and her lawyers.

The satisfaction by the OSP of the order of the High Court terminated the proceedings of the seizure of the cash amounts from Ms. Dapaah commenced on 24 July 2023 and the freezing of her bank accounts and investments effected from 26 July 2023.

The OSP was investigating Ms. Dapaah for suspected corruption and corruption-related offenses involving the ownership and source(s) of large amounts of money associated with her.

This was after the reports emerged that the domestic help of former Sanitation Minister Cecilia Dapaah, had been dragged to court for allegedly stealing $1 million, 300,000 euros, several million cedis, and personal effects of the former minister and her husband valued at thousands of Ghana cedis and dollars.

Subsequent to the indicated ruling and order of the High Court and the compliance by the OSP with said ruling and order, the Special Prosecutor considered that he had reasonable grounds to suspect that the cash amounts seized from and returned to Ms. Dapaah were tainted property and it was necessary to exercise the power of seizure to prevent the concealment or loss of said cash amounts.

Therefore, the Special Prosecutor again invoked his statutory power under section 32(1)(a) of Act 959 by directing the seizure from Ms. Dapaah of the cash amounts previously seized from her. Authorized officers of the OSP have seized said cash amounts from Ms. Dapaah.

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