MADRID, August 14 (EUROPA PRESS) –
British authorities have arrested Madagascar’s chief of staff for the Presidency of Madagascar, Romy Andrianarisoa, on suspicion of bribery, after he allegedly claimed 225,000 Swiss francs (about 234,000 euros) and a 5 percent stake in a British mining company in exchange for granting it a license to operate. in an African country.
Andrianarisoa, President Andry Rajoelina’s chief of staff, was arrested last Thursday in London, along with an adviser identified as Philippe Tabuteau, 54 and a French national. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has explained that the operation took place during a meeting where they were to present bribes.
The two suspects appeared on Saturday before a court which ordered them to be temporarily detained until their next hearing, which is scheduled for September 8.
The head of the NCA’s International Corruption Unit, Andy Kelly, has highlighted in a statement the collaboration of various institutions to launch the operation and has “thanked” the firm Gemfields, as the company itself rang alarm bells for British authorities.
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