“The Congo is Not For Sale” welcomes the US judgment ordering restitution of $ 135 million from ex-shareholders of Africo Resources | DRC

Through a press release this Thursday, November 5, 2020, the anti-corruption campaigner “The Congo is not for sale” (CNPAV) welcomes the judgment rendered by the Court of New York, in the United States, ordering the return of US $ 135 million to the former shareholders of Africo Resources Ltd, who were found to be “victims of crime” for losing their investments in the Kalukundi mine. 

“The anti-corruption advocate, Congo is not for sale (CNPAV) welcomes the condemnation by the American courts of OZ Africa, a subsidiary of the American hedge fund Och-Ziff, for corruption linked to a mining project in Democratic Republic of the Congo (…) The judgment of the New York Court awarded $ 135 million in restitution to the former shareholders of Africo Resources Ltd, who were recognized as victims of crimes by the Court for having lost their investments in the Kalukundi mine, which was soon to be developed, in the south of Congo, in Lualaba “, read the press release. 

The CNPAV suspects a stained hand of Israeli businessman Dan Getler behind this case, because “he is cited as being a key player in the corruption system in the court documents filed in this case against Oz Africa.”

To this end, these anti-corruption organizations deplore the inaction of the Congolese justice to conduct investigations to find all the people involved in the case so that they answer for their actions. 

“The Congolese population will never be able to be concretely compensated as long as the justice system and the Congolese elite remain inactive. Through this condemnation, which intervenes once again outside Congolese soil, the CNPAV would like to challenge the Congolese authorities concerning their inaction in the illegal business of Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, ”they add. 

Therefore, the CNPAV campaign reiterates its call for the Congolese justice to commission an independent investigation into the activities of Dan Gertler in the Congo which, according to it, continues to operate in the DRC despite the sanctions imposed on him by the United States.

For justice to be done, she calls for the involvement of the Head of State so that the various institutions fighting against corruption and money laundering look into the affairs of Dan Gertler in Congo-Kinshasa.