Ghanaian MP Detained in Netherlands; US Agencies Silent on Charges

US law enforcement agencies tight-lipped on offences behind Asante Akim North MP’s detention

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally declined to comment on the detention of the Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North, Kwame Ohene Frimpong, at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, even as Ghana's Majority Caucus rolls out an intensifying legal and diplomatic operation aimed at preventing his extradition to the United States.

By Isaac Agyei