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Gabon’s Specialized Criminal Court Sentences Former Bongo Associates in Historic Corruption Case

Gabon’s Specialized Criminal Court handed down a landmark ruling on Tuesday, sentencing nine former associates of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo to prison terms ranging from two to fifteen years for embezzlement, corruption, and money laundering. The verdict follows closely on the heels of the Bongos themselves being sentenced in absentia…