Sassoufit with support of C4ADS tracks down Congolese kleptocrats
The Republic of the Congo remains the fourth oil-producing country in Africa. It has been through many civil wars and a coup in June 1997 where about 400.000 Congolese died. After revising the constitution in October 2015 and conducting a marred election in March 2016, the old self-servant kleptocrat, Sassou Nguesso, unleashed brutal military repression to stay in power. Sassou-Nguesso further solidified his power with his fifth and most recent election victory in March of this year, which also resulted in the appointment of his son to a government role.
With this new report, Congolese civil-society organization #Sassoufit with the support of C4ADS delivers to the anti-corruption community a necessary insight into Congo Brazzaville kleptocracy. It is therefore estimated that more than $32 million in real-estate assets, owned by eleven politically exposed persons, have been traced.
BRAZZAVILLE / PARIS / WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 — A xenophobic minister specializing in electoral rigging and bloody repression, a war criminal police chief wanted for crimes against humanity, one of the men who started the war of June 5, 1997, the daughter-in-law, and her lover, the grand-niece this and the wives of the son, a telecoms cartel run by a gun carrier of the daughters of the old tyrant, all with luxury goods in…
