ACC arrests five in N$500 million Namcor ‘corruption’ scam
...N$560 million in bogus oil transactions where the parastatal supplied politically connected companies with petroleum products but was never paid for the fuel...
Govt clears dubious medicine
The consignment, impounded at the port of Walvis Bay last year, is the subject of a multi-pronged investigation. Documents seen by The Namibian show that the consignment was rejected by the Namibia Medicines Regulatory Council (NMRC) after three out of nine samples failed laboratory
Fishrot Legal Kingpin
IN 1996 Sacky Shanghala was muscling his way into student politics at the University of Namibia (Unam). He joined a commission looking into an embezzlement scandal which the student representative council (SRC) was allegedly involved in. The commission never found conclusive evidence
Fishrot ‘mastermind’ The rise and fall of James Hatuikulipi
JAMES Hatuikulipi, the man accused of masterminding Namibia’s biggest fishing corruption scandal, had the world at his feet, earning a total package of around N$30 million a year from his daily investment job. His net worth was estimated to be more than
Namibia botches extradition
Two years ago Namibia botched an attempt to extradite Israeli businessman Boris Bannai to Poland. According to an Interpol document seen by amaBhungane, Poland accused Bannai of accepting an advance payment of $4.3-million to Polish company Eurostal for manganese, which he then failed to deliver. The money was then
Fugitives hole up in Namibia
The arrest and extradition to Italy of convicted mafioso and Namibian resident Vito Palazzolo has turned a spotlight on Namibia as a relatively safe haven for fugitives from justice. At least two other Namibian residents wanted for alleged crimes in other jurisdictions,
