Deputy Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Justice Srem-Sai, has reiterated Ghana’s opposition to any global anti-fraud arrangement that creates an imbalance in the extradition of cybercrime suspects.
Speaking at the Global Fraud Summit, Srem-Sai stressed that Ghana will only support frameworks that ensure fairness and mutual benefit between developed and developing countries.
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“We will insist that any instrument of collaboration will include provisions that would ensure that this fight against fraud will not be a one-way traffic but will be able to help we the developing countries to also retrieve and recover assets which are stolen and are hiding in western countries,” he stated.
In a statement issued by Srem-Sai on March 18, 2026, on X after the first day of the summit, the Ghana delegation underscored its firm stance against what it described as a one-sided system.
“On day one of the Global Fraud Summit, we – the Ghana delegation – stressed the point that we will not support an international arrangement on global fraud which establishes a one-way traffic of extraditing cybercrime suspects to Western countries.
“We will, however, support and be part of an arrangement which has a corresponding mechanism for quicker extradition, surrender of political corruption suspects or recovery of loots back to Africa,” he stated.
According to him, the summit, held under the auspices of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and INTERPOL, is aimed at exploring the establishment of a global legal framework to combat cross-border fraud.
His comments comes as the Ghanaian Government seeks the extradition of former Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta from the US to face criminal trial initiated against him.
Meanwhile, lawyer for Ofori-Atta, has revealed that his client is pursuing permanent residency in the United States instead of returning to Ghana, where he faces multiple corruption-related charges.
Ofori-Atta is currently being held at an immigration detention facility in Virginia after he was arrested by US immigration authorities in January for allegedly overstaying his visa.
Speaking in an interview, his lawyer, Enayat Qasimi, said the former minister intends to remain in the United States and pursue legal pathways to residency.
According to Qasimi, his client believes returning to Ghana could expose him to an unfair legal process.
“He has a ‘pathway to residency’ that he would pursue,” Qasimi said.
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According to a report on myjoyonline.com, the lawyer also argued that there were “serious questions” about the independence of Ghana’s judiciary.
He added that Ofori-Atta had been subjected to a “political witch hunt” that could affect the fairness of any trial related to allegations of financial impropriety during his time in office between 2017 and 2024.
On day one of the Global Fraud Summit, we – the Ghana delegation – stressed the point that we will not support an international arrangement on global fraud which establishes a one-way traffic of extraditing cybercrime suspects to Western countries. We will, however, support and… pic.twitter.com/Kvwtln4YEM
— Justice Srem-Sai (@JusticeSremSai) March 18, 2026
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