Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) president, Mr Ben Nunoo Mensah has revealed that referees caught accepting bribes in the Anas 'Number 12' cannot be prosecuted as match-fixing is not a crime under the Criminal Code.
The GOC president stated blatantly that match-fixing is not a crime under the Criminal Code of Ghana.
Undercover reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas conducted an investigation which captured referees taking money to influence the results of matches.
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“It would be interesting to see under which criminal law these referees will be prosecuted because match-fixing is not a crime under our Criminal Code,†He told Graphic Sports.
The GOC boss went on to advocate for the alteration of the country's criminal laws to handle match-fixing in the game of football.
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Ben Nunoo Mensah is currently in Lyon, France to partake in a two-day Interpol Match-fixing Task Force summit.
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