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Ousted Gabon leader's wife and son sentenced to 20 years for graft
Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and Noureddin Bongo Valentin were convicted in absentia for embezzling public funds and ordered to pay over $2 billion in damages, the court ruled.
- A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail for embezzlement and corruption.
- They were fined and ordered to pay financial damages to the Gabonese state, accused of exploiting Bongo's condition after his stroke for personal profit.
- Bongo was ousted in an August 2023 coup, and his wife and son were detained for 20 months before being released to leave for London.
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In Gabon, former Presidential Gatt Sylvia Bongo and her son Noureddin Bongo-Valentin were sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia.
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Wife and son of ousted Gabon leader sentenced to jail in absentia for financial crimes
LIBREVILLE - A court in Gabon convicted the wife and son of the ousted president on Wednesday for financial crimes and sentenced them in absentia to 20 years in prison, the latest blow to a family that held power for more than half a century. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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