Ethiopia: Probe on Gilded Gold Lands 19 Suspects in Jail

With the arrest of a senior official from the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), the number of suspects under police custody in relation to investigations on alleged gilded gold sold to the central bank has reached 19.

However only 17 are listed in the appeal made by Federal Ethics and Anticorruption Commission to the Federal High Court on Thursday that will be granted an additional 14 days to continue with the investigation. The Court has granted the Commission investigators 12 days on its ruling made on Friday, February 29.

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