Revisiting Abetment Liability in Commercial Transactions: The Case For a Good-Faith Broker Exemption Under Ghanaian Criminal Law

The most significant recent judicial engagement with abetment doctrine in a commercial context is the Capital Bank prosecution, which proceeded before the Accra High Court from 2019 to 2023. That case demonstrates the breadth of the abetment charge as it is actually deployed by prosecutors, and supplies judicial language directly relevant to the mens rea question, even though the proceedings did not produce a final appellate determination.