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South Sudan: New Report Details Billion Dollar Scam in Massive Bank Credit Programme
The Sentry, 5 October 2022
Economic Future of South Sudan "Highjacked, Mortgaged, Then Stolen" Read more »
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South Sudan: Ruling Elite Probed for U.S.$1 Billion 'Scam'
DW, 11 October 2022
South Sudan's top officials "robbed" vulnerable communities of millions of dollars earmarked for food and medicines, according to a report by investigative organization The Sentry.… Read more »
Probe Into South Sudan Ruling Elite's Nearly U.S.$1 Billion Scam
Nearly a billion dollars vanished in a massive bank credit scam that had devastating, deadly impacts on children and communities across South Sudan, according to a new investigative report released by The Sentry, a strategic partner of the Clooney Foundation for Justice.
The funds - officially meant to deliver fuel, food, and medicine across South Sudan - disappeared into a maze of international shell companies that never provided any goods or services, leaving people to die as hospitals were gutted of medicine and neonatal ward generators went cold.
A three-year investigation into bank credit lines, alleges that President Salva Kiir's family and his inner circle of military generals benefited from so-called briefcase companies.
South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei has called the investigation baseless and threatened that his government would take legal steps against The Sentry for tarnishing its image.
