Коррупция и ВЭД
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A federal court in
Florida last week granted a request by prosecutors to seize three properties
and various restaurant equipment from Mamadie Touré.
Touré, left, is the
widow of Lansana Conté, a dictator who ruled the west African country of Guinea
for 24 years before he died in 2008. She moved to Florida after her husband's
death.
Prosecutors alleged in
the forfeiture action that Touré received bribes of $5.3 million to help a
mining company win iron-ore rights in Guinea, in mining areas known as Simandou
and Zogota.
The company involved wasn't
named in the forfeiture action.
BSG Resources,
controlled by Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz, held the iron ore rights in
Simnandou and Zogota in a joint venture with Brazilian miner Vale.
U.S.
prosecutors launched a grand jury investigation into BSGR’s deals in Guinea in
early 2013. Touré became a co-operating witness…
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