$40 million counterfeit currency seized in Ghanaian crime syndicate bust
Ghana's Special Prosecutor’s Office (OSP) announced the confiscation of $40 million in counterfeited currency in a criminal syndicate bust in the West African nation's capital Accra.
The announcement made through social media on December 15 detailed that the fake currencies had been concealed in steel trunks.
“OSP has disrupted a syndicate involved in the production of a substantial amount of counterfeited foreign currency. Seizures were made in two warehouses located in Accra and Tema, where a substantial amount of counterfeited forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00) was discovered concealed in steel trunks," said the OSP in a statement.
The OSP is a specialised independent anti-corruption institution established in 2018 under the regulations of the Ghanaian Constitution to fight against corruption in the West African nation.
