The Economic and Organised Crime Office has revealed that it has recovered ¢27.55 million crime proceeds for the state in the last 10 months of the year 2022.
This, according to the Organisation, is “far in excess of the average ¢5 million collected in previous years.”
EOCO made this known in a Facebook post on Tuesday, November 29.
“This was made known on Thursday, 24th November, 2022 at the budget hearing by the Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori – Atta. The amount is a record high for EOCO compared to an average of about five (5) Million Ghana Cedis in previous years” portion of the post read.
According to the post, EOCO’s Executive Director, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has assured of more recoveries for the state.
It added COP Maame Addo-Danquah has also expressed her gratitude to her team and urged them on.
COP Addo-Danquah thus assured the citizenry that “EOCO will also improve on its recovery rates, run sensitisation programmes on cybercrime and gaming and will extend its outreach programmes to markets, far-flung communities and religious institutions in the coming days.”