The former president of Guinea’s Constitutional Court, Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years in prison by an anti-graft court.<\/p>\n
It convicted him of illicit enrichment, corruption, embezzlement of over $20 million dollars in public funds, and money laundering.<\/p>\n
Bangoura was also sentenced to a heavy fine and substantial damages to be paid to the state jointly with his two co-defendants, who are both fugitives.<\/p>\n
The case against him was in connection to the management of money allocated to the Constitutional Court when he was its head.<\/p>\n
Bangoura was also given a 5-year ban from holding public office and the court ordered the confiscation of his assets in Guinea and neighbouring Senegal.<\/p>\n
He was among approximately 180 high-ranking officials and former ministers from the administration of ex-president Alpha Conde to be targeted by the court.<\/p>\n
Conde was overthrown in a 2021 coup that brought Mamady Doumbouya to power.<\/p>\n
Shortly afterwards, the military leaders set up a special court for financial crimes (CRIEF), which handed down Bangoura’s sentence on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The former top magistrate, who has been in detention since December 2022, contested the charges against him and his defence team argued for acquittal.<\/p>\n
Doumbouya ruled first as junta chief before being elected president last year in a vote with no substantial opposition.<\/p>\n
The country’s opposition has denounced the suppression of freedoms and alleged the judicial system is being weaponised under his rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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