This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
HIBAPRESS-RABAT
Certainly all the countries which support the Polisario are involved in shady affairs marked by endless scandals, like Mozambique in particular.
In this precise context, we note what was manipulated by a certain former Mozambican minister named Manuel Chang who abused his position as Minister of Finance of Mozambique by obtaining 7 million dollars in bribes for having contributed to awarding more than $2 billion in loans,” a senior U.S. Department of Justice official said.
Manuel Chang was convicted in August 2024 by the federal court in Brooklyn, New York, for “his role in a two billion dollar fraud and bribery case to the detriment of investors in the United States and elsewhere”, the so-called “hidden debt” affair in Mozambique, in which he used the American financial system to embezzle funds. Chang was finance minister – from international banks to purchase a fleet of tuna fishing boats and surveillance vessels.
South Africa and the American Federal Police (FBI) collaborated between 2022 and 2023, against the government of Mozambique, in order to extradite Mr. Chang to the United States.
Manuel Chang, 69, detained in South Africa from 2018 to 2023 at the request of American authorities, was extradited to the United States in July 2023.
