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U.S. Treasury Sanctions Gupta Family Over 'Ill-Gotten Gains'

"The Guptas and Salim Essa have used their influence with prominent politicians and parties to line their pockets with ill-gotten gains," Sigal Mandelker, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said in a statement that highlighted how the family immigrated to South Africa in the 1990s and managed to expand their business interests through their alleged close ties with former South African president Jacob Zuma. Zuma has been accused of having "sold executive power" to the controversial family whose ties to high-ranking officials have been examined in the Zondo Commission of Inquiry's probe into alleged state capture.

South Africa: U.S. Sanctions Controversial Gupta Family, but Why Now?

News24Wire, 11 October 2019

A few hours after it was announced that the US Treasury had implemented sanctions against the controversial Gupta family and associate Salim Essa, US Secretary Michael Pompeo… Read more »
South Africa: U.S. Government Slaps Financial Sanctions On Gupta Network, Welcomes Us Help in 'Advancing Justice'

Daily Maverick, 10 October 2019

The US government has slapped financial sanctions on the Gupta network, freezing any assets they may have in America and prohibiting US persons doing business with them. SA… Read more »

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A protest placard depicting Atul Gupta carried by two EFF members at a Zuma Must Fall protest in Cape Town (file photo).

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Gupta-Linked Money to Land South Africa's Mkhwebane in Hot Water?

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has slammed a report by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project which claims that she received a U.S.$5000 payment from an account ... Read more »
- South Africa: Explainer - Report Does Not Prove Mkhwebane Took Gupta Cash, but Something Is Brewing
- South Africa: DA Describes Report On Mkhwebane-Gupta-Link As 'Unfair Sensationalism'
Gupta-Linked Farm in Spotlight at South African Corruption Probe

The Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture has heard testimony related to the Gupta-linked Estina dairy farm project in Vrede in the Free State. Estina dairy farm project ... Read more »
- South Africa: State Capture Hears How Minister Took Church Choir to India Instead of Beneficiaries
- South Africa: Beneficiaries of Collapsed Estina Dairy Farm Project Still Sidelined, State Capture Inquiry Hears
Guptas Just Small Fish in South African State Capture Inquiry?

Former Bosasa chief operations officer, Angelo Agrizzi, has started giving evidence at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry, which is investigating allegations of corruption and fraud ... Read more »
- South Africa: Ramaphosa Must Cancel All Bosasa Contracts - Maimane
- South Africa: Bosasa Day 2 - Bigger Bombshells, Bigger Names

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