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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Manuel Mucari

Mozambique court finds former president's son, others guilty over $2 billion scandal

Ndambi Guebuza (in orange trousers), the son of Mozambique's former President Armando Guebuza who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges relating to the $2 billion "hidden debts" case that rocked the country's economy listens to the verdict at Machava B Maximum Security Prison near Maputo, Mozambique December 7, 2022. REUTERS/Grant Lee Neuenburg.

A Mozambican court on Wednesday found a former president's son and 10 other people guilty on charges related to a $2 billion "hidden debt" scandal that crashed the southern African nation's economy, sentencing them each to more than 10 years in prison.

Eight of 19 individuals, including state security officials, who had been on trial on charges such as money laundering, bribery and blackmail were acquitted by the court.

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