Ghanaian Major in the U.S. Army, Kojo Dartey Jailed for Smuggling Guns Into Ghana in Barrels of Rice

A Ghanaian significant in the U.S. Army, Kojo Owusu Dartey, has actually been founded guilty of smuggling weapons to Ghana from the States.

Dartey, who ended up being notorious in Ghana after an interview with Kofi Adoma on Kofi Television in which they entered a backward and forward over how to pronounce his name, ‘Dartey’, smuggled the weapons from the port of Baltimore in Maryland to Tema in Accra by concealing them in blue barrels consisting of rice and other home items.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) recovered the weapons and notified the U.S. federal government, causing the arrest of Dartey.

A federal grand jury founded guilty the 42-year-old Ghanaian on charges of handling guns without a license, providing guns without notification to the provider, smuggling items from the United States, unlawfully exporting guns without a license, making incorrect declarations made to a company of the United States, making incorrect statements before the court, and conspiracy.

He deals with 20 years in jail and his sentencing has actually been set up for July 23rd, 2024.

“We are partnering with police around the world to expose global bad guys– from cash launderers to rogue global arms traffickers efficient in sustaining violence abroad,” stated U.S Attorney Michael Easley.

“Through a collaboration with Ghanaian authorities, this rogue Army Major was founded guilty at trial after smuggling weapons to Ghana in blue barrels of rice and family products. I wish to thank the Ghana Revenue Authority and the International Cooperation Unit Office of the Attorney-General of Ghana for their support in the examination. I likewise applaud the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) attachés to U.S. Embassy Accra and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs of the Department’s Criminal Division for their considerable support to this prosecution.”

“Far from being a victimless criminal activity, guns trafficking threatens public security throughout our country and beyond,” stated Toni M. Crosby, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Baltimore Field Division.

“The Baltimore Field Division is happy to partner with the Ghana Revenue Authority and ATF’s Charlotte and Louisville Field Divisions for this examination, which has actually kept guns off the streets– avoiding them from being utilized in any variety of killings and other criminal activities– and ended this worldwide gun trafficking plan.”

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