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Ecuador judge OKs charges against ex-leader over Chinese dam
Indictment links former President Lenin Moreno to alleged bribery in Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric project.
6 Mar 2023
An Ecuadorian judge has approved prosecutors’ request to charge former President Lenin Moreno with bribery over a contract for a Chinese-built hydroelectric plant in the South American nation.
The indictment, which includes 37 people in all, links Moreno to work on the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric project and states that the defendants received bribes of up to $76m as part of a corruption scheme that operated between 2009 and 2018.
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The alleged bribes represented “the highest amount prosecuted for acts of corruption in Ecuador”, the prosecutor’s office added.
Moreno, who was Ecuadorian president between 2017 and 2021, currently resides in Paraguay and serves as commissioner of the Organization of American States (OAS) for disability affairs.
More:
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/3/6/ecuador-judge-oks-charges-against-ex-leader-over-chinese-dam