Open Secrets has called on Home Affairs Minister Dr. Leon Schreiber to explain why South African citizenship was granted to Christoph Huber, a Swiss national under investigation for alleged war crimes in the DRC, including resource pillage and mineral smuggling.
The real estate industry has been identified as a sector attracting alleged corrupt investors. An Open Secrets probe has tracked R162 million in homes purchased by politically connected individuals, mainly from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Mozambique.
Journalist Raeesa Pather, who was the lead investigator in this project, talks to Tumisang Ndlovu.
Open Secrets, PPLAAF and Congo is Not for Sale demand that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) immediately address a criminal complaint involving potential international money laundering offenses by Francis Selemani.
The South African real estate agents and lawyers laundering the proceeds of corruption from Mozambique, the DRC, and Equatorial Guinea
