The justice and correctional services ministry successfully handed over former Mozambican politician ManuelChang to the US on Wednesday.
Chang was surrendered to Federal Bureau of Investigation officials to go stand trial for corruption and fraud charges dating back to 2013.
A US district court issued the justice and correctional services with a warrant to arrest the former Mozambican minister. Chang was detained at the OR Tambo International Airport on December 30 2018 by the South African police. During his tenure as finance minister in Mozambique, Chang approved $2bn loans from global financial institution Credit Suisse and Russia’s VTB Capital bank, saying Mozambique would invest in a tuna fishing fleet and patrol boats, in which many American citizens were defrauded after investing their monies in the stock market.“The US and the Republic of Mozambique requested his extradition on various charges.
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