Maldives Ex-President Jailed Over Island Lease Bribery and Embezzlement
01 Jan 2023 ( OCCPR ) The Maldives Criminal Court sentenced the archipelago state’s former president to 11 years for accepting bribes and money laundering related to the leasing of an island for resort development, and ordered him to pay a US$5 million fine. Abdulla Yameen was the focus of an OCCRP investigation...