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Commissioner of Police (COP) Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah who has been appointed as the Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) will assume office today.
The former Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service was appointed by President Akufo-Addo to replace Steve Raymond Dapaa-Addo, who was appointed as Director-General of EOCO on July 9, 2021.
Tiwaa Addo-Danquah was the Director-General of the Police Professional and Standards Bureau and a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Forensic Accountant.[ads2]
She has a Master of Business Administration (Finance Option) Degree from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana and was the Director of Commercial Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for more than three years as well as the Director of CID Trainings for three years.
Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has been instrumental in fraud detection and investigations both within the CID, and in the Public and Private sectors for over fifteen years.[ads3]
She has attended numerous of conferences and training events in financial crime investigations and also facilitated in more than 25 training programmes in fraud investigations both within Ghana for the Financial Institutions, and abroad.
COP Addo-Danquah was the coordinator of a project at the CID, which aims at building capacity of CID Investigators in financial fraud and cybercrime investigations.
She has also been consulted in numerous engagements, including the development of Post Chartered Diploma in Forensic Audit for the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (IGAG) and has been a resource person for the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana.[ads4]
COP Addo-Danquah was the first Commandant of the Ghana Police Command and Staff College, Winneba, the highest training institution of the Ghana Police Service.
She held various appointments in the Ghana Police Service, including Ghana Police Hospital Administrator, Divisional Commander, Accra Central Division, Ministries, Accra, Deputy Director-General, Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau, Deputy DirectorGeneral/CID and Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department, the first Woman to be appointed to that position since the inception of the CID in 1948.
She is currently the President of the Ghana Police Ladies Association and immediate past President of the Association of Women Accountants, Ghana.
COP Addo-Danquah was recruited into the Ghana Police Service in 1990.
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