allegations against the Police hierarchy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>by the\u00a0US company, Mr. Dery said, \u201cthe reports that I know and monitoring that I have done of the situation shows otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\nThe minister also the stressed the need for public cooperation to help the police to effectively carry out its investigative duties.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I can say is that, the Police is able to respond as swiftly as the quality of information it gets will permit. This is why I will appeal to Ghanaians to provide information, vital information,\u201d Mr. Dery said.<\/p>\n
The Ghana Police Service has disputed claims it has not been committed and transparent in the investigation of the Ghc1.3 million gold scam.<\/p>\nDirector of Strategy and Business Development of Green Global Resources, James Barbieri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe US firm, Green Global Resources, had held a press conference and accused Ghana Police hierarchy of corruption in\u00a0the gold case.<\/p>\n
The Director of Strategy and Business Development of Green Global Resources, James Barbieri alleged that\u00a0\u201cin this situation, a lot of senior police officials and some other junior ranking officials, some including BNI officers, were allegedly protecting the scammers.”<\/p>\n
This gold scam case led to the interdiction of the then-East Legon Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and 6 others after they seized 13 gold bars from the firm under the pretext that they bought stolen gold.<\/p>\n
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