Transparency Maldives join calls to expose beneficiaries of US$90m corruption scandal
A protest march is due to take place on Friday.
12 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM
Transparency Maldives has joined a growing chorus demanding the disclosure of people who benefitted from the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
More than US$90 million stolen from the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation was funnelled through a private company into the bank accounts of 155 individuals, the Anti-Corruption Commission revealed in December.
It was the first time the watchdog revealed details of a probe launched before the unprecedented theft was exposed in a damning February 2016 audit report, according to which acquisition fees paid for islands and lagoons leased for resort development was embezzled from the MMPRC.
In a statement Monday, the local chapter of Transparency International welcomed recent developments in the MMPRC scandal.
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