EOCO vs. WILLIAMS DEBRAH

RULING On the 22nd day of January 2013 the respondent came under Sections 33, 34 and 35 of Act 804 and confirmed the freezing of the applicant herein’s account. The basis for the application on the said date was based on paragraph 3 of the affidavit in support. The said deposition is that: “that the applicant is investigating suspected serious offence including fraud and money laundering in pursuance of Section 2 and 3 of the Economic and Organized Crime Office Act, 2010, Act 804.” Paragraph 12 of the affidavit in support further state: “12 That the applicant upon reasonable suspicion that the respondent is engaged in some serious offences has ordered the aforementioned bank to freeze the account of the respondent for preliminary investigation to be conducted.” I do not want to revisit the issue about Suspicious Transaction as I have discussed such in an earlier ruling delivered this morning in the Suit No. FTRM 81/12. In this regard therefore, the Suspicious Transact...