First step towards the recognition of the rights of victims of corruption
Sherpa and Transparency International (France) welcome the decision of the Dean of investigating judges who ruled that an anti-corruption case lodged by Transparence-International (France) and Mr. Gregory Ngbwa Mintsa, a Gabonese citizen, in December 2008 was admissible.
The case called for the French authorities to investigate how a large amount of expensive real estate and other assets was acquired in France by 3 African Presidents, Denis SASSOU N’GUESSO (Congo-Brazzaville), Omar BONGO-ONDIMBA (Gabon) and Teodoro OBIANG MBASOGO (Equatorial Guinea), their family members and close associates.
Sherpa and TI France believe that this case is a major contribution to advancing the cause of collective legal actions aiming to defend the victims of corruption overall. For the first time, a civil action taken by an organization specialised in fighting against corruption to denounce facts directly affecting its collective interests has been ruled admissible.
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