Right in the high walls of the United Nations in New York, Chi Ping Patrick Ho, Hong Kong’s former Home Secretary, and Cheikh Gadio, a one-time foreign minister of Senegal, plotted the deal, according to reports. Gadio, who served as foreign minister of Senegal from 2002 to 2009, was arrested in New York last Friday afternoon and presented to a federal magistrate Saturday. The pair has been charged with criminal bribery in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and international money laundering. The FCPA bars companies from bribing foreign officials to gain a business advantage. His arrest Writ of Arrest issued by the court was termed political by some, especially members of the governing Unity Party.

Source: Front Page Africa November 22, 2017 03:22 UTC