The Namibian Police have confirmed reports that a veteran senior police detective from the criminal investigations department (CID) was arrested at a Windhoek hotel while allegedly receiving a monetary bribe from a Russian national recently arrested for attempting to bribe home affairs officials in exchange for a Namibian passport. The incident is said to have...
ONE of the key figures charged in the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud and corruption case, James Hatuikulipi, and a co-accused have to provide answers on the charges they are facing in a separate case in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court. This was the conclusion reached by magistrate Kandiwapa Nembia in a ruling given in the trial...
Police in the United Kingdom have charged Nigeria’s ex-oil Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke with bribery offences. The British cops say they suspect she had accepted bribes in return for awarding multi-million-pound oil and gas contracts while as Minister in Nigeria. The post UK charges ex-Nigerian Oil Minister with bribery first appeared on Future Media. Source...
The Madagascan president’s chief of staff has been arrested in London on suspicion of seeking a bribe from precious stone miner Gemfields and removed from her post. Reuters reports that Romy Andrianarisoa, 46, and a French associate Philippe Tabuteau, 54, were detained at a meeting in London where they were believed to have sought a...
The bail appeal of a former police reservist accused of trying to interfere with evidence collected during the investigation of the Fishrot fishing quotas fraud and corruption case was dismissed in the Windhoek High Court yesterday. Sakaria Kokule’s appeal against a magistrate’s decision not to grant him bail was dismissed by judges Dinnah Usiku and...
Staff Reporter THE High Court of Namibia has rejected an appeal for bail made by Police Reserve Sakaria Kuutondokwa Kokule, who was arrested in January 2020. The court’s decision was announced on Monday morning. Kokule has remained in custody since his arrest two years ago, following an attempt to bribe an anti-corruption commission officer with...
Two foreign nationals, Mao Shuihua from China, and Zita Ngondo from Angola, have been arrested for attempting to bribe a Namibia Revenue Agency (Namra) official. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) issued a media statement on Thursday disclosing the details of the case. The accused individuals, although domiciled in Namibia, appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate Court on...
Hertta-Maria Amutenja Following a sting operation by Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRa) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), a Chinese man and an Angolan woman have been arrested in Windhoek on suspicion of trying to bribe someone. The two suspects allegedly offered a NamRa employee a N$ 50,000 bribe and were arrested on 25 July 2023. “The...
Two foreign nationals were arrested for attempting to bribe an official of NamRA with N$50,000 in Windhoek. The arrest of the two foreign nationals follows a sting operation by NamRA and the Anti-Corruption Commission. In a statement, NamRA revealed that a Chinese man and an Angolan woman were arrested at its offices and ACC premises...
A Chinese man and an Angolan woman were this week arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe an official of the Namibia Revenue Agency (Namra) with N$50 000. According to Namra spokesperson Steven Ndorokaze, the man was arrested on Monday at Namra’s offices in Windhoek, while the woman was arrested on Tuesday at the offices of...