06
Oct
The Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), the umbrella body of property developers, has bemoaned the influx of illicit money into the real-estate sector – describing it as alarming and with dire repercussions for the economy. With the banking sector having closed all the loopholes for money launderers, GREDA said the real estate sector – built or landed properties – is increasingly becoming a haven for people who have dishonestly acquired wealth; indicating a rapid rise of criminals purchasing high-value properties in recent years. GREDA’s Executive Secretary Sammy Amegayibor – who made the revelation to B&FT, stressed that this problem…