– Chang’s conviction does not end criminal cases in the US arising from Mozambique’s two billion dollar debt scandal
– US prosecutors have listed more Mozambique senior government officials as co-conspirators in the debt scandal but there is some doubt whether they will be prosecuted as the illegal conduct occurred so long ago
The conviction of Mozambique’s former Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, by a jury in the Eastern District of New York, on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering does not end the criminal case initiated by the US Department of Justice.
Chang was caught because the DoJ had a list of those involved in the scandal, for whom arrest warrants could be issued. Chang seemed unaware that such a list existed, let alone that his name was on it, until 29 December 2018, when he was arrested at Johannesburg airport, on the basis of an international arrest warrant issued by the Americans.
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