A Hidden Debt Judge in Mozambique ordered this Wednesday to open an autonomous trial against former defense lawyer Ndambi Guebuza, son of former President Guebuza, for “evidence of money laundering.”
Efigenio Baptista announced the decision at the end of the sentencing reading of the Hidden Debt Trial, in which Ndambi Guebuza was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Baptista did not provide facts to support his position, but throughout the trial, the Ministry of Public Information admitted that there were signs of money laundering against the then-lawyer of the son of the former head of state, Alexander Shivale.
Chivale admitted in court that he acted as the manager of a company associated with the former director of economic intelligence of the State Information and Security Service (SISE), also convicted in this case for 12 years, António Carlos do Rosario.
This defender, Ndambi Gebuza, was forced by the judge in the case to drop the trial and then charged with contempt because he had not yet been recognized by justice.
In the case of hidden debts, in addition to the eldest son of Armando Guebuza and the former director of economic intelligence, Alexandre Chivale was also the lawyer of Maria Ines Moyan, Armando Guebuza’s personal secretary and was sentenced to 11 years in prison in the context of the debt process is hidden.
Chivale was the lawyer for the Guebuza family in the December 2016 murder of Valentina Guebuza, the daughter of a former head of state, at the hands of her husband in passion.
The judge in the hidden debts case, the largest corruption case in Mozambique’s history, sentenced six of the 19 defendants to 12 years in prison, the highest sentence handed down today, on the seventh and final day of the Maputo verdict.
Four more defendants were sentenced to 11 years in prison, and one to 10 years, the lowest sentence.
The Mozambique Hidden Debt Judge also ordered Ndambi Guebuza, Gregorio Leau and António Carlos do Rosario to pay more than US$2.8 billion (€2.6 billion) in damages.
The amount demanded from these three defendants is equivalent to US$2.7 billion plus interest, which the court found to be consistent with bribes received by the defendants and property damage suffered by the Government of Mozambique, with the conclusion of hidden debts – under a contract with Credit Suisse. banks and Russian VTB with sovereign guarantees for about this amount.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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