The OSP is mandated to investigate and prosecute corruption and corruption-related offences committed by –

• Public officials – persons who hold public office (includes an office the salaries and benefits of which are paid directly from the Consolidated Fund, Contingency Fund or directly out of sums of money provided by Parliament, and an office in a public corporation established entirely out of public funds or money provided by Parliament) 

• Politically exposed persons – persons who have been entrusted with prominent public functions in Ghana or in a foreign country or an international organization such as senior political party officials, government officials, judicial officials, military officials, or a person who is or has been an executive in a foreign country of a state-owned company, or a senior political party official in a foreign country, or an immediate family member or close associate of such persons

• Private persons

• Legal persons – such as companies, corporations, organizations, associations, clubs etc