DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Gilbert Phiri has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Court to forfeit to the state, 21 bank accounts held by 15 companies belonging to Nigerian nationals and a Zambian identified as Lewis Chisenga. The DPP has submitted that the bank accounts held at Ecobank contain US$4,692,151.41, £19,300.31, €32,917.62 and K1,320.00, money suspected to be proceeds of crime. Drug Enforcement Commission Investigations Officer Patrick Kafusha stated in an affidavit in support of the application for forfeiture, that he came into possession of information within DEC relating to suspected suspicious transactions involving 21 bank accounts that needed investigations. He stated that when the compliance team tried to review the transactions on the entities’ bank statement, they realised...