CID Boss speaks on organised crime, money laundering in Czech Republic

Ghana’s Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs) is among speakers at the 9th International Public Sector Conference 2019 on sustainable public sector ongoing at Prague, Marriott Hotel in the Czech Republic.

Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (Mrs) who is a member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) on Friday March 1, 2019 spoke on the topic “Tackling serious organised crime, corruption and money laundering”

The Conference covered by MyNewsGh.com is a flagship event for finance professionals in the public sector which features leading public sector speakers at the top of their profession and brings together hundreds of public sector finance professionals from across the globe.

Participants of the global event include; senior decision makers from ministries of finance, national audit offices and national accounting bodies, leaders from health, education and local government sectors, representatives from the global development community and international bodies such as the World Bank, UN and IFAC, senior private sector accountants who work with the public sector in audit, financing and consultancy.

In her presentation, she challenged accounting professionals worldwide to have a public interest and duty committed to the fight against crime wherever they are operating from.

“As an accountant I have used my accounting knowledge and auditing skills to investigate Financial Fraud, Procurement Fraud, Embezzlement, Corruption, Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Economic related crimes. To analyze and interpret financial and accounting data to build up credible evidence that could be used in prosecution at the courts. To build up credible crime data to guide policy makers on crime trends and modus operandi. Leveraging membership on Management Boards of the Economic and Organized Crime Office and the Narcotics Control Board for formulation of policies targeted at seizures of proceeds of crime”, she revealed.

According to her, the establishment of the Financial Forensics Unit at the CID to deal with financial crime, corruption and money laundering related cases has yielded results citing an instance where the police in collaboration with Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) foiled GH?365M (approximately $73 million ) cyber-attacks.

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