US EditionSylvia Bongo Relatives Arrested in Gabon Anti-Drug Operation
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In Gabon, the former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin, currently on provisional release in London, will no longer be tried at the end of July as envisaged by the Gabonese justice system, but next November.
Ali Bongo, whose family ruled Gabon for 55 years, has been released from house arrest along with his wife and son. The former president had been detained in the capital, Libreville, since his overthrow in a coup in August 2023. His wife, Sylvia, and son, Noureddin, accused of embezzlement of public funds, had also been detained for months. While in detention, they claimed to have been tortured by Gabonese authorities. New arrests in the family. …
On 8 July, three members of the family of former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba were arrested in Libreville. The Directorate-General for Special Services (DGSS) confirmed these arrests, carried out with the anti-drug services, as part of an investigation to dismantle drug trafficking networks in Gabon.
Three members of the former First Lady's family were arrested on 8 July in Libreville, as confirmed by the DGSS, which took them to its premises, to the Gabonese presidency.
Two relatives of the former first lady of Gabon, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, were arrested in Libreville on Tuesday by members of the General Directorate of Special Services (DGSS) and the Central Office of Anti-Drug Control (OCLAD) for drug trafficking and illegal possession of weapons. Sylvia Bongo denounces a kidnapping followed by torture. The two persons arrested are Frédéric Haffray (brother of Sylvia Bongo) and Mehdi Valentin, his nephew. Accor…
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