The Anti-Money Laundering Division, Investigation Bureau,
Ministry of Justice, Republic of China(Taiwan)and the Financial
Intelligence Centre of the Republic of Ghana (FIC-Ghana), herein
each referred to “ Party ” or collectively as “ the Parties
”, desire, in the spirit of reciprocity, cooperation and mutual
interest, to facilitate the exchange of information in assisting
investigation concerning money laundering, terrorist financing
and related crimes within the framework of the national
legislation of the country of each Party.

To that end, the Parties, hereby state the following
understanding:

1. To the extent authorized by the national legislation of the
country of each Party, and consistent with its own policies
and procedures, each Party will provide upon request from the
other Party or spontaneously any information in its
possession concerning financial transactions that is
suspected of being relevant to money laundering, terrorist
financing and related crimes. Any request for information
will be justified by a brief statement of the underlying
facts and the purpose of the request in writing.
2. If a Party decides not to respond to a request, the Requested
Party shall promptly notify the Requesting Party of its
decision.
3. Each Party will use the information received from the other
Party only for the purpose of assisting investigation
concerning money laundering, terrorist financing and related
crimes and in a manner consistent with the national
legislation of the country of its country and the conditions,
if any, imposed by the other Party.
4. The information received from the other Party will not be
disclosed to any third party nor be used in the criminal
proceedings after the conduct that the subject of the
investigation has been specified, without the written prior
consent of the other Party.
5. The information received in accordance with this Memorandum
of Understanding (hereinafter referred to as “ MOU ” )will
be confidential. It will be subject to official secrecy and
be at least protected by the same confidentiality as afforded
under the national legislation in force of the Party which
has received that information for similar information from
national sources.
6. The Parties will jointly arrange, consistent with the
national legislation in force of the country, for acceptable
procedures of communication.
7. Communication between the Parties will be carried out in
English.
8. Each Party may refuse to give assistance, in particular if
judicial proceedings have already been initiated concerning
the same facts as the request related to.
9. This MOU may be modified at any time by mutual consent in
writing.
10. The operation of this MOU will be terminated upon the
receipt of the written notice by the other Party. The terms
and conditions governing the confidentiality of information
received before the operation of this MOU is terminated will
continue to be applied after the operation of this MOU is
terminated.
11. The operation of this MOU will become effective upon the
date it is signed by the Parties.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized by
their respective governments, have signed this MOU, DONE in
duplicate in English language, this English version being the
agreed authentic text.


For the Anti-Money For the Financial
Laundering Division, Intelligence Centre,
Investigation Bureau, Republic of Ghana,
Ministry of Justice, (FIC-Ghana).
Republic of China
(Taiwan).

__________________ __________________
Hung-Chin Lee KWAKU DUA
Director Chief Executive Officer

Date: 2017.12.7 Date: 19/12/2017
Place: Taipei Place: Accra