The sixth section of the Maputo City Judicial Court today handed down sentences to 11 defendants whose involvement in the Hidden Debts scandal was proven through the commission of various crimes that culminated in the embezzlement of more than 2.2 billion US dollars. The defendants with 12-year prison sentences are...
The reading of the sentences of the 19 defendants implicated in the country's biggest financial scandal (Undeclared Debts/Hidden Debts) begins this Wednesday (30), and is expected to last until at least December 6th. "The sentence reading will take place over five days," said José Macarringue, judge and spokesman for the Maputo City Judicial Court, warning...