By: Ismaila Sonko
Magistrate Isatou Janneh Nije of the Kanifing Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to Amadou Sainey and Alasan Ceesay, accused ‘money laundering’ on 15th April, 2019.
The matter was transferred to the High Court in Banjul, due to the lower court lacking the jurisdiction to entertain the case, and they are yet to take their plea.
Superintendent Modou D. Mballow appeared for the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The statement of the offence money laundering contrary to Section, 22 (a) and (b) of the Anti-money laundering and combat of terrorism Act, 2012.
According to the particulars of offence Amadou Sainey and Alasan Ceesay sometimes between the year, 2013 to 2018 in Kanifing and diverse places of the republic of the Gambia, converted transferred funds of Two million, five hundred thousand Dalasis only (2,500,000.00) knowing some to have been proceeds of a crime, for the purposes of concealing the illicit organ of the funds to evade traces thereby committed an offence.
