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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Attorney General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, on Mon\u00adday advocated mutual cooper\u00adation between criminal justice partners and the private sector worldwide, to curb economic crime.<\/b><\/p>\n

He was speaking at the 40th Cambridge International Sympo\u00adsium on Economic Crime, organ\u00adised at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

As the key note speaker, Mr Dame told the gathering of lawyers, judges, politicians, aca\u00addemicians and attorney generals of various countries that the survival of the global communi\u00adty depended on the continuous trust reposed in state institutions mandated to prevent economic crime.<\/p>\n

Mr Dame commended the organisers of the symposium for choosing \u201cIntegrity\u201d as the theme for the 40th symposium, noting that integrity was central to development and prevention of crimes.<\/p>\n

He said that when those who have been entrusted with authori\u00adty to ensure that right procedures were followed derelict on same, the trust and confidence of the people were abused.<\/p>\n

The A-G said there was the need to punish offenders of corruption and other forms of economic crimes, through a fair, honest and efficient justice system.<\/p>\n

He noted that a robust legal system, underpinned by the rule of law, went hand in hand with economic prosperity as it bolstered the confidence of the people and deterred the perpetra\u00adtion of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Mr Dame said that the efficien\u00adcy of a nation\u2019s justice system was tested particularly by the speed and efficiency with which cases seeking to hold high-profile members of society to account as well as top financial crimes, were conducted.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe must bear in mind that businesses exist to do business and to make profits which, ultimately, will be at the expense of the rights of others. The extent to which they succeed depends on the society, popula\u00adtion, and \u201cculture\u201d in which they operate\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Dame said that \u201cWe must be acutely aware that the de\u00advelopment and integrity of the global financial system are at risk from exploiters of weaknesses in the system to perpetrate finan\u00adcially motivated crime.\u201d<\/p>\n

He told the participants that Ghana achieved significant prog\u00adress in reforms, enacting policies and laws such as E-Justice, Paper\u00adless Ports, National Identification Authority, Right to Information Act, Act 2019, passage of the Whistleblower Act, 2006 (Act 720), which introduced a reward system for whistleblowers and Digitised Land Title Registry.<\/p>\n

Mr Dame said the overarch\u00ading objective, was to enhance transparency, accountability and efficiency in the public space.<\/p>\n

\u201cA digitised environment ultimately helps to eliminate and prevent corruption in various institutions and agencies. Im\u00adportant institutions of state like the Passport Office, Ports and Harbours, Office of the Registrar of Companies, National Health Insurance Service and the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Author\u00adity, which hitherto were fertile grounds for corrupt activity, have been remarkably transformed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe introduction of the Gha\u00adna.Gov platform, making it pos\u00adsible for services to be accessed and payment made online by card without the conduit of middle\u00admen, has significantly reduced the risk of public sector corrup\u00adtion through embezzlement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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