The police have been instructed to expand their investigation into money laundering and financial crimes involving the domestic workers of former sanitation minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah.

The Attorney-General's Office, in its legal counsel to the police, emphasized the importance of including the former minister and her husband in the investigation to determine the origin of the funds they claimed were stolen from their residence last year.

In a nine-page advisory dated July 31, 2023, and forwarded to the Director of Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID), the Attorney-General requested a thorough investigation into the ownership and source of the funds reported as stolen, amounting to US$200,000 and 300,000 euros.

The office recounted the sequence of events leading to the theft of monies as reported by the former minister and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffuor - the complainants.

It also analyzed the docket as prepared by the police and the charges proffered against the five accused persons calling generally for further investigations into the issue of the amount of monies discovered.

The A-G ordered a decoupling of and in some instances total dropping of some charges brought against some of the accused. In the case of one accused person, the A-G asked that all charges brought against him be dismissed.

The concluding part of the A-G's advice read: "We note that you are investigating the acquisition of various properties by the 1st and 2nd accused persons, which investigations border on money laundering.

“The advice rendered above implies that you should broaden the investigations on money laundering and other financial crimes to cover the complainants in order to establish the matters raised above. This is in light of the huge volumes of cash reported by the complainants to have been stolen from their home.

"It is also noted that Cecilia Abena Dapaah until recently was a high level public official whilst her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffuor, in his statement to the Police, indicated his profession as an architect.

"Your investigation into these matters is required to enable the Attorney-General take a comprehensive decision on the case.

"We advise that you comply with the directives on further investigations in this advice and submit the outcome of your investigations to this office."