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Despite Ngambia's release in Libreville, Santullo probe continues in Switzerland

Former Gabonese Minister of the Economy Magloire Ngambia. © JE/JK/Reuters

Magloire Ngambia was released from his three-year prison sentence for embezzlement of public funds on 24 September but still stands accused of passive corruption that helped out the late Italian entrepreneur Guido Santullo. The Swiss federal public prosecutor has frozen 65m Swiss francs on the deceased public works magnate's accounts. [...]

Published on 06/10/2020 at 06:00 GMT

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Bonnant & Associés
Guido Santullo
Karen Santullo
Marc Bonnant
Sericom

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Swiss investigators unearth links between Gabonese minister and Santullo construction company

Launched in 2018, the preliminary investigation by the Swiss public prosecutor's office into possible corruption of Gabonese officials by Sericom, owned by the Santullo family, has uncovered links between the construction group and several ministers.

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Santullo family threatens Ali Bongo over invalidated arbitration

Following the Paris Court of Appeal's decision to annul the arbitration forcing Gabon to pay CFA francs 90bn to Sericom, Guido Santullo's heirs have sent a very threatening letter to the Gabonese president.

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Santullo family assets in at least five Swiss banks still frozen amid graft probe

Sericom, the Italian construction group founded by the late Guido Santullo, continues to face legal proceedings in France and Switzerland over allegations of bribery. Earlier this month, Santullo's family conclusively lost a long legal fight to recover some 90bn CFA francs (about $150m) it says Gabon owes it in unpaid invoices.

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Gabon succeeds in having arbitration forcing it to pay 90bn CFA francs to Santullo annulled

In 2019 Gabon was ordered by a Paris arbitration panel to pay the equivalent of €137m in unpaid invoices to the late Guido Santullo's Sericom construction group. On Tuesday, the country managed to have that arbitration overturned arguing that the Italian contractor had obtained its contracts by paying Gabonese officials.

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After Ngambia's release, could Laccruche be next?

The ex-public works minister Magloire Ngambia, a symbol of the "Mamba" anti-corruption drive, was released on 24 September. Now another high-profile probe into the affairs of former presidential chief of staff Brice Laccruche Alihanga, is also experiencing setbacks that have been kept carefully secret until now.

Subscribers only Politics 07.10.2020

The former chief of staff to the president's office Brice Laccruche Alihanga.

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Bonnant & Associés
Guido Santullo
Karen Santullo
Marc Bonnant
Sericom

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Santullo family threatens Ali Bongo over invalidated arbitration

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Santullo family assets in at least five Swiss banks still frozen amid graft probe

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Gabon succeeds in having arbitration forcing it to pay 90bn CFA francs to Santullo annulled

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