President’s Chief of Staff arrested by British Crime Agency over corruption – The North Africa Post

The Nationwide Crime Company (NCA), the UK’s lead company towards organized crime, human, weapon, drug trafficking, cybercrime and financial crime has arrested and detained Romy Voos Andrianarisoa, the Civil Chief of Employees of Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina over corruption allegations.

The Malagasy official, the company indicated Monday August 14, was arrested final Thursday August 10 in London alongside a French man often called Philippe Tabuteau. The 2 had been reportedly attempting to demand kickbacks from representatives of London-based Gemfields Group specialised within the mining, processing, and sale of coloured gem stones, in change for exploration license.

The defendants reportedly demanded from the corporate €260,000 and 5 per cent shares within the firm in change of the license.

Gemfields has been already current in Madagascar by way of its subsidiary Oriental Mining s.a.r.l. that owns the rights to fifteen exploration licenses overlaying emeralds, rubies, sapphires, tourmalines, and garnets in Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa, and Toliara provinces.

Oriental equally has been in talks with Malagasy authorities for a number of different exploration licenses which might be pending approval from the Malagasy Ministry of Vitality and Mines.

Andrianarisoa and her accomplice will seem in court docket on September 8 for listening to.