Mozambique: U.S. Refused to Cooperate With Govt On Secret Debt, Says Attorney General

8 January 2019

Mozambique News Reports And Clippings (Milton Keynes, UK)

Mozambique's Attorney General made formal requests to the United States starting 30 March 2017 and the last on 14 March 2018 about bank transfers relating to companies in the United Arab Emirates and other countries. There was never any reply. But the data Mozambique was asking for appeared in the indictment issued in New York. Similar requests were made to the UAE, again without reply. The claims were made in a press statement yesterday afternoon by the Attorney General's office (PGR, Procuradoria-Geral da Republica). In effect the PRG is accusing the US of refusing to cooperate and preventing Mozambique from bringing charges by not providing key informaiton, so that Manuel Chang and others cold be tried in the US rather than Mozambique.

The US Embassy in Maputo responded that it "does not comment on our bilateral communications with the Government of Mozambique." The Department of Justice in the US cannot reply due to the US government shutdown.

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