Hello Friend,
Welcome to the Official Website of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). EOCO was established by an Act of Parliament, the Economic and Organised Crime Office Act, 2010 (Act 804) which repealed the Serious Fraud Office Act, 1993 (Act 466).
The enactment of the Economic and Organised Crime Office Act, 2010 (Act 804) gives the Office a relatively broader mandate to deal with economic and financial crimes in its expanded form. It also included organised crimes, money laundering and the power to prosecute these crimes on the authority of the Attorney-General.
The Office has, through the Office of the Attorney-General prosecuted numerous cases, confiscated and recovered proceeds of crime worth millions of Ghana Cedis over the years. Monies that would have been lost to the State.
We are committed to ensuring that the objectives of the Office are achieved through a unified effort to fight economic and organised crime by detecting, investigating, preventing and prosecuting all serious economic and organised crime in Ghana under our enabling Act, (Act 804).
We are also committed to developing partnerships with both local and international agencies to combat economic and organised crime in Ghana. The Office in line with this has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with various stakeholders both locally and internationally to collaborate in the fight against economic and organised crimes.
EOCO in its commitment to creating a friendly environment in the execution of its mandate, launched a Service Charter in 2019 to cater for all interactions with the public. Further, as part of the preventive mandate of the Office, the Public Affairs Unit of the Office embarks on sensitization exercises to educate the public on matters relating to economic and financial crimes.
The Office is also one of the stakeholders and major participants in the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), which is Ghana’s blue print to help fight corruption.
In view of the above, this website has been designed to provide up to date information about the Economic and Organised Crime Office. It is also to give the public access to the Office’s publications, and serve as a source of information for research.
I hope you find the website useful and informative.
