DCEC advised to form own prosecution wing

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) and other anti-corruption agencies in African have been urged to form their own prosecution units.

Speaking at the first Commonwealth Regional Conference for heads of anti-corruption agencies in Africa in Gaborone on Monday, former Dean of Social Science and University of Law School, Professor Kwame Frimpong said, "a situation where the Attorney General and the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) operate as one should be abolished."  

Frimpong explained that if the DCEC had its own prosecution unit, the advantage is that it would reduce the backlog and piling of cases at the DPP.

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