Malawi: Joyce Banda Named in U.S. Confidential Report Over Arms Deal - Clarifies 'President Do Not Award Contracts in Malawi'

21 September 2020

Former president Joyce Banda appears in the US FinCEN files which have revealed how some of the world's biggest banks have allowed criminals to move dirty money around the world as she was investigated over Malawi government's arms procurement deal with South Africa's Paramount Group.

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an agency in the US Department of the Treasury, who combat financial crime, has more than 2,500 highly confidential documents - the FinCEN Files - that have been seen by Nyasa Times as part of the latest project from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

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