COP Mr. Frank Adu-Poku (rtd)
COP Mr. Frank Adu-Poku (rtd), the immediate past Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), has been appointed Board Chairman of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC).
COP Adu-Poku, who takes over from DCOP Opare Addo, is a lawyer and a one-time Director General in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Â The board he now chairs oversees the operation of the institution that receives and analyses suspicious transaction reports and other information relevant to predicate offences of Money Laundering/ Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing (ML/TF&P), and to disseminate actionable intelligence to competent authorities among other terms of reference.
Adu-Poku’s reign at EOCO led to the arrest of some doctors involved in baby harvesting and the retrieval of four children,
COP Adu-Poku (rtd) also served in various capacities until his retirement in 2017.
COP Adu-Poku (rtd), born on June 15, 1957, served as the Head of the CID from 2007 to 2009.
Before his retirement, he was the Director-General in charge of Services in the Ghana Police Service, where he served from 2016 to 2017.
By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey