Former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe Attionu has been extradited from the United States to Ghana to serve a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted on dozens of corruption-related charges involving the misappropriation of more than $6 million in public funds.
The extradition, announced by the US Embassy in Accra on Tuesday, marks the first transfer of a fugitive from the United States to Ghana since 2009. US and Ghanaian authorities described the move as a significant example of cooperation between the two countries in tackling corruption and ensuring accountability.
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Ms Tamakloe Attionu, who headed the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) between 2013 and 2016, left Ghana in 2019 after obtaining court permission to travel abroad for medical treatment. She failed to return to continue standing trial and was later convicted in absentia in April 2024 on 72 counts, including stealing, causing financial loss to the state, money laundering and procurement-related offences.
Her arrest by US Marshals in Nevada in January 2026 paved the way for extradition proceedings, with a US court later ruling that Ghana’s request met the legal requirements under the existing extradition treaty between the two countries. The case also led to the conviction of former MASLOC Chief Operating Officer Daniel Axim, who was sentenced to five years in prison for causing financial loss to the state
