One wealthy man who engaged in that unholy act was Opanyin Nyarko. He had managed to get away with his crimes because of the money he gave to his victims and their families to shut them up.
The Minerals Commission say, the 12 companies were given the due diligence permits to allow each of them to search for the mineral within the area by geo-chemical and photo-geological surveys or other remote sensing techniques within a specified period of time.
The four suspects — Rose Mark, 36, the Russian; Kwabena Kese, 37; Emmanuel Kwao, 37; and Amoako Martin, 25 — were arrested by a team of police and officials of the Forestry Commission.
It is necessary that once in a while you stop, and take a close look at anything you do and which is important to you and determine your level of progress.