Martin Amidu’s Request Triggered Interpol’s Arrest Warrant for Samuel Mahama – CID

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) says the Interpol’s Red Alert for the arrest of Samuel Adam Foster a.k.a Samuel Mahama in connection to the Airbus Bribery Scandal, followed a request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu.

The CID made this known in a statement dated July 16, 2020, and signed by Juliana Obeng, Deputy Superintendent of Police, who heads the Public Affairs unit of the CID.

According to the statement, “following a request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor through the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to the Interpol Secretariat, the latter has issued a Red Notice of the following individuals.”

The individuals, the statement listed, are Samuel Adam Foster alias Adam Mahama, Philip Sean Middlemiss, Leanne Sarah Davis, and Sarah Furneaux.

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This comes to clarify earlier reports that suggest that Interpol had issued an arrest warrant for the said individuals.

Per the arrest warrant issued by the Interpol on July 10, for the offence Adam Mahama is liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding of 25 years.

The arrest warrant said once Mr Adam Mahama is traced, “assurances are given that an extradition will be sought upon arrest of the person, in conformity with national laws and/or the applicable bilateral and multilateral treaties.”

Read Full Statement from the CID below:  

Following a request by the Office of the Special Prosecutor through the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to the Interpol General Secretariat, the latter has issued a Red Notice in respect of following individuals.

The individuals are:

    Samuel Main Foster alias Adam Mahama
    Philip Sean Middlemiss
    Leanne Sarah Davis
    Sarah Furneaux.

The above-mentioned individuals have been published on the INTERPOL Red Notice in connection with the Airbus scandal being handled by the Office of the Special Prosecutor.

Background

On January 31, Ghana was cited as one of five countries in which global aerospace group, Airbus SE, allegedly bribed or promised payments to senior officials in exchange for business favours between 2009 and 2015, according to the UK’s Serious Fraud Office. 

This led to a record £3 billion in settlement by Airbus with France, the United Kingdom and the United States to avoid corporate criminal charges.

In court documents and hearings, Airbus admitted five counts of failing to prevent bribery, using a network of secret agents to pay large-scale backhanders to officials in foreign countries, including Ghana, to land high-value contracts.

The scheme was run by a unit at Airbus’ French headquarters, which its one-time chief executive, Tom Enders, reportedly called “bullshit castle”.

According to the report, there are six key actors involved in the scandal regarding Ghana.

Investigators from the UK’s SFO identified them only as Government Official 1 (high ranking and elected), Intermediary 5 (British national and close relative of Government Official 1), Company D (corporate vehicle for Intermediary 5 – shareholder), Intermediary 6 (British national and associate of Intermediary 5), Intermediary 7 (British national and associate of Intermediary 5), as well as Intermediary 8 (Spanish company and front for Intermediary 5).

Other British citizens; Philip Sean Middlemiss; Sarah Davis and Sarah Furneaux are connected to the case for their roles in the scandal.