The US says former minister Manuel Chang was accused of carrying out a $2 billion fraud and money laundering scheme that defrauded its investors.
The US embassy in Pretoria expressed Washington's"great disappointment" at the decision, saying former minister Manuel Chang was accused of carrying out a $2 billion fraud and money laundering scheme that defrauded US investors."This is a free and sovereign decision," Mozambique Foreign Minister Jose Pacheco said in an interview with the local daily O Pais.
In the US, Chang faces charges of conspiracy to commit electronic fraud, financial security violations and money laundering. The charges against Chang relate to loans taken out by the government in Maputo when he was head of treasury between 2005 and 2015. Renamo, the main opposition party in Mozambique, said Wednesday it doubted whether Chang would ever face justice in his home country over the allegations.
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