The Attorney General’s Office has shortlisted about 30 cases under the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) initiative for prosecution, with between five and 10 already before the courts at advanced stages of trial.
Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Justice Srem-Sai, disclosed that another round of prosecutions would begin before the courts resume for the new legal year in October.
Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues on Sunday, July 27, 2026, which was reported by Graphic Online, Dr Srem-Sai said prosecutors reached the decision after completing a detailed assessment of investigation dockets submitted under the ORAL exercise.
“When we analysed the report, I think we had about 30 cases that we thought were prosecutable,” he said.
According to him, several of those matters have already been filed and are progressing steadily through the judicial process.
“We have like, I think we are between five and 10 now… advanced stages,” he said.
He revealed that additional ORAL-related prosecutions would be initiated during the legal vacation, ahead of the opening of the next legal year.
“We have other dockets already. But we are going to start with them, either during the vacation, the legal vacation; we are going to start new cases,” he said.
Dr Srem-Sai stressed that the Attorney General’s Office remains committed to pursuing every ORAL case that satisfies the required legal standard for prosecution.
“We will continue what we have done. We are going to continue prosecuting. As far as the ORAL is concerned, we are going to do it,” he said.
Although he declined to identify the next suspects likely to face charges, he indicated that fresh cases would soon be announced.
“There will be some interesting cases coming soon,” he said.
The Deputy Attorney General rejected suggestions that prosecutors prioritise cases based on public attention or the prominence of suspects, insisting that evidence alone determines which matters proceed to court.
“When we work, we don’t actually focus on which one is big or which one is that. We focus on which one is prosecutable,” he said.
Providing updates on some of the high-profile prosecutions currently before the courts, Dr Srem-Sai said the prosecution had concluded its case in the SkyTrain trial and was awaiting the next phase after the accused persons failed to submit their witness statements within the deadline set by the court.
“SkyTrain, we have closed our case. The two accused persons were supposed to file their witness statements… As of this morning, they have not filed anything… We are going back to court tomorrow,” he said.
On the case involving former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene, he said the prosecution was nearing the end of its presentation of evidence.
According to him, the fourth prosecution witness remained under examination and was expected to complete testimony either this week or next week, after which the prosecution would close its case.
“Our fourth witness is in the box and we hope that by this week or next week he would have been discharged. When that happens… we have closed our case,” he said.
Addressing the status of investigations linked to the report on illegal mining submitted by former Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Dr Srem-Sai said investigators had already submitted reports to the Attorney General’s Office. However, he noted that further investigative work had been ordered before any prosecutorial decision would be made.
“We have received investigative reports. We have made further directions to investigate this with other evidence for us to form an opinion on it,” he said.
He explained that prosecutors routinely scrutinise investigative reports for evidential gaps and return them to investigators whenever additional work is required before deciding whether criminal charges should be filed.
“The investigators bring the first report. We look at it, we find gaps. We ask them to fill the gaps and then bring them back until we are certain that we have filled all the gaps. Then we take the step to go and prosecute,” he said.
Earlier this year, in February, Attorney General and Minister for Justice Dr Dominic Ayine disclosed that his office was reviewing 16 ORAL investigation dockets. He indicated at the time that investigators would be instructed to gather further evidence where necessary before any decision on prosecution was taken.
Dr Ayine also clarified that the Attorney General’s Office had not entered into plea bargain arrangements or negotiations with any individuals implicated in the ORAL investigations.
