General News of 2012-06-29

CID admits inaccurate intelligence in adoption case

A team of officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has been dispatched to Kumasi to begin investigations into the controversial adoption of four Ghanaian children by an American Couple.

Sol and Christine Moghadam were arrested last Friday over allegations they were attempting to traffic out the Ghanaian children it later turned out they had legally adopted.

The American couple who were detained on human trafficking charges have spoken out about attempts to blackmail them.

Speaking to Joy FM, the Director of Operations at the CID Frank Kofie conceded that initial information given were inconsistent, the more reason why experts from the CID Headquarters had to be sent to Kumasi to investigate.

According to Frank Kofie, the court that allegedly granted the adoption is in Kumasi, so are the foster parents and the adoption agency, hence the need to go there and get to the bottom of the case.

The Director of Operation, CID assured that the investigators are expected to conclude their work soon.

Frank Kofie stated that both the foster parents and the children have been released pending conclusion of the investigations.