Msumbiji: Mtoto wa Rais mstaafu afungwa miaka 12 kwa ufisadi wa Tsh. Trilioni 5.1

Msumbiji: Mtoto wa Rais mstaafu afungwa miaka 12 kwa ufisadi wa Tsh. Trilioni 5.1

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Ndambi Guebuza ambaye ni mtoto wa Rais wa awamu ya 3, Armando Emílio Guebuza amekutwa na hatia ubadhirifu mkubwa wa mradi wa uvuvi wa Tsh. Trilioni 5.1.
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atualizado 7 Dezembro 2022, 09:30
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Ndambi Guebuza, filho de ex-Presidente moçambicano Armando Guebuza

07 December 2022
Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹

Ndambi Guebuza, son of former Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison in the hidden debts trial in Maputo, the biggest corruption case in the history of Mozambique.

"Proceeding to the legal accumulation of penalties and material accumulation of the fine (...) the defendant Armando Ndambi Guebuza is sentenced to a single sentence of 12 years in prison", said judge Efigénio Baptista.

Ndambi Guebuza was the fifth on the list of 19 defendants to hear the sentence, in a list of convictions that began to be read at 10:45 (08:45 in Lisbon).

The court considered it proven that the son of former president Guebuza received bribes to influence his father to approve the coastal protection project, used to raise the money that fed the hidden debts.

In detail, Efigénio Baptista explained that Ndambi was convicted of the crimes of association to delinquency and criminal association, blackmail, influence peddling, forgery, embezzlement and money laundering.

The decision is in line with what the judge had referred to in the first three days of reading the sentence, when he considered the accusations against Ndambi proven.

It also considered proven crimes of which former leaders of the State Information and Security Services (SISE) and other figures close to this hard core of the case are accused.

On the other hand, Efigénio Baptosta said that he did not find "sufficient evidence" of the participation of eight of the 19 defendants in the process.

The defendants are accused by the Mozambican public prosecutor of involvement in a scheme that defrauded the state of more than US$2.7 billion in debt contracted with international banks between 2013 and 2014.

The loans were guaranteed by the Government of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo), then led by Armando Guebuza, without the knowledge of parliament and the Administrative Court.
 
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Ndambi Guebuza ambaye ni mtoto wa Rais wa awamu ya 3, Armando Emílio Guebuza amekutwa na hatia ubadhirifu mkubwa wa mradi wa uvuvi wa Tsh. Trilioni 5.1.

Mahakama imetoa hukumu hiyo ikiwajumuisha watu wengine 11 waliokutwa na hatia ya ufujaji na utakatishaji fedha za Mradi huo uliotajwa kusababisha mzozo wa kiuchumi nchini humo.

Kati ya waliofungwa ni pamoja na Gregorio Leao, aliyekuwa Mkuu wa Idara ya Usalama na Ujasusi (SISE) wakati Guebuza akiwa Rais, na Antonio do Rosario, aliyekuwa Mwenyekiti wa Kampuni 3 za Serikali zilizochukua mikopo hiyo.

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The son of Mozambique's former president has been jailed for 12 years over a vast $2.2bn (£1.8bn) fishing project scandal that triggered an economic crisis in the country.

Ndambi Guebuza, son of former president Armando Guebuza, was among 11 people found guilty of embezzlement and money laundering.

Kickbacks were also given to some senior politicians.

The consequences of the crime "will last generations", the judge said.

Judge Efigenio Baptista also said Ndambi Guebuza financed his taste for luxury through the crimes of embezzlement and money laundering.

Others given prison sentences include Gregorio Leao, head of the Security and Intelligence Service (SISE) under Mr Guebuza, and Antonio do Rosario, who became chairperson of all three newly-created state companies that took the loans.

Judge Baptista said they "were expected to be the guardians of public assets for being high ranking leaders responsible for security but instead, they are the key culprits".

One notable absentee from the trial has been former finance minister Manuel Chang. He has been detained in South Africa since December 2018, in response to an arrest warrant issued by authorities in the United States, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering.

He denies any wrongdoing.

President Guebuza left office in 2015 after a decade in power.

However, his Frelimo party remains in charge - as it has been since independence in 1975.

How did the scandal happen?

Between 2013-2014, three newly established companies took on $2.2bn (£1.5bn) of debt, much of it without the knowledge or approval of the country's parliament. Despite this, the Mozambican government stood as guarantor of the loans, meaning the state would repay the money if things went wrong.

The money was allegedly used to buy a large tuna factory and a maritime security fleet, as well as to finance other deals involving companies in which the state is a leading shareholder.

In 2016, the government swapped some of the debt for a conventional bond, issued by the state. Soon afterwards, it admitted the full scale of the borrowing, triggering an economic crisis in Mozambique.

The country's currency lost a third of its value, inflation surged and foreign donors pulled out.

Auditors also reportedly discovered $500m of the money was missing.

The loans were issued by Credit Suisse and the Russian bank VTB, with three former Credit Suisse bankers pleading guilty to US charges of money laundering over the case.

Late last year UK authorities fined the investment bank $178m over the tuna corruption scandal.

The bank was also ordered to write off $200m of debt "tainted by corruption" that was owed by Mozambique.

The fine was part of a $475m settlement with UK, Swiss and US regulators.
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waje huku waanze na ridhimoko na mshua.
 
Huyu wa mabehewa ya treni na yule mmoja watie maji.
 
Afadhali Mozambique Wanafunga hadi usalama wa taifa ila Tanzania usalama ni miungu watu
 
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