US EditionBurkina Faso: Korag Wakes up Old Demons and Accusers Against Magistrates and Customs Officials
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In Burkina Faso, we know more about the arrest of magistrates and lawyers last month. According to the transitional authorities, all these people are accused of corruption in a racket case dating back to 2021 and involving customs officers. According to the ruling junta, these customs officers were able to escape prosecution thanks to bribes paid to the magistrates arrested last month.
In mid-October, a judicial source reported that judges of the Ouagadougou Court of Appeal had been "abducted" or "missed." The junta of Ibrahim Traoré justifies this series of arrests by its firm will to "fight against corruption and judicial impunity".
The facts invoked by the KORAG are serious and very precise. Investigations, dismissal and public reactions, of the current currencies of corruption discovered in the corridors of justice and customs of Burkina Faso. An old file on the case of a cartel of customs officers exposes the deep flaws of state control. How the government of Ouagadougou was able to put the grapple on such old files to charge the tenors of the judicial system and the cus…
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