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UPDATES

2016

GUINEA NEWS:

December 2016, Former Guinean Minister of Mines Charged with Receiving and Laundering

$8.5 Million in Bribes from Chinese Companies - full article here.

2017

May 2017, Former Guinean Minister of Mines Convicted of Receiving and Laundering $8.5 Million in Bribes from China International Fund and China Sonangol - full article here

Mahmoud Thiam, former Guinean Minister of Mines and Geology of the Republic of Guinea was sentenced on the 25th, August 2017 to seven years in prison, and three years of supervised release, for laundering bribes paid to him by executives of China Sonangol International Ltd. (China Sonangol) and China International Fund, SA (CIF).  - full article here

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