Fresh images circulating online have revealed the Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, where former MASLOC Chief Executive Officer Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu is currently being held in the United States.
The facility is a medium-security center run by the US Marshals Service and is used to keep detainees awaiting court action, including extradition-related cases.
Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was picked up by US Marshals on January 6, 2026, following an extradition request Ghana submitted to US authorities in July 2024.
Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Emmanuel Victor Smith, later confirmed her arrest and detention.
“She was detained by US Marshals on January 6 and has since been kept at that detention centre,” the ambassador said, adding that the arrest was carried out based on Ghana’s earlier extradition request. He noted that she is being held pending court proceedings.
In April 2024, a Ghanaian court sentenced Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu to 10 years in prison with hard labour after convicting her on 78 counts. The charges included causing financial loss to the state, stealing, conspiracy to steal, money laundering, and breaches of the Public Procurement Act.
Her co-accused, former MASLOC Chief Operating Officer Daniel Axim, received a five-year prison sentence with hard labour.
The offences were linked to the misuse of funds meant for MASLOC operations between 2013 and 2016. The trial began in 2019, and the court heard evidence from six prosecution witnesses.
Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu was tried in absentia after leaving Ghana on court-approved medical travel and failing to return.
