Former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang will be extradited to the United States of America (USA) earlier this week to face his involvement in the hidden debt scandal, an official source told Lusa this Saturday.
“Yes, we can confirm that he will be extradited to the US this week,” Atlenda Mate, spokeswoman for the South African National Police Command (SAPS), told Lusa.
“He was arrested in South Africa, this week we will turn him over to the FBI, acting on an extradition request,” the spokeswoman said.
According to the same source, Manuel Chang, who was Mozambique’s economy and finance minister between 2005 and 2015, will be transferred by the FBI “on Monday or Tuesday.” [Federal Bureau of Investigation]police unit of the US Department of Justice, on a special plane, after four and a half years in prison in South Africa for involvement in the Mozambican state’s hidden debt scandal, estimated at 2.7 billion dollars (2.5 billion euros).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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