David Asante-Apeatu (born 14 August 1959) is a Ghanaian forensic specialist and police officer.
When Asante-Apeatu returned from the USSR, he was employed as an Inspector of Factories, Shops and Offices by the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare in Accra from 1985 to 1988.
In 2007 he moved to Lyon, France, where he was appointed the Director of Specialised Crime and Analysis at Interpol headquarters.
[1] Asante-Apeatu worked in Bosnia-Herzegovina as a United Nations Task Force instructor at the Sarajevo Police Academy.
[5] He was the lead investigator in a series of murders in Accra in 1988 that left 30 women dead;[5] this resulted in a suspect being apprehended, found guilty, and sentenced to death.