I am particularly delighted to speak to you on the first morning of this truly unique forum, the 39th Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime. My sincere thanks go to the University of Cambridge, in particular, the founder, the Co-Chairman of the Symposium, and sometime Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, Prof. Barry Rider, for inviting me.
I salute his extraordinary efforts in sustaining this remarkable activity over the past forty (40) years. This is my second appearance here – the first in 2017, in my previous capacity as Deputy Attorney-General and Deputy Minister for Justice of Ghana. I have found the organisation of this forum simply amazing.
Recording at least 2000 participants from over 100 countries annually since 1982 and drawing leading personalities in law enforcement, politics and government all over the world, the Cambridge Symposium on Economic Crime has provided a platform for analysis and examination of the never-ending and ever-evolving threats facing the global financial system as a result of criminal and other nefarious activity.
It is correct to say that the Cambridge symposium has established itself as not just a talk shop but has earned the enviable track record of being a global platform that delivers practical solutions to economically motivated crime and misconduct worldwide.
The breadth of topics to be discussed at this year’s symposium covers the complexity of the criminal and subversive activity, which exposes the global financial sector to…
