U.S. Authorities Arrest Two On Major Energy Corruption Scheme

U.S. authorities have arrested two foreign officials on
charges of participating in a large-scale corruption system seeking
to secure favorable investment terms for Chinese energy company
CEFC in Africa. The detainees are the former home affairs secretary
of Hong Kong, Patrick Chi Ping Ho, and the former foreign minister
of Senegal, Cheikh Gadio. The two, according to Department of
Justice, bribed senior government officials in Uganda and Chad in
favor of an unnamed company, which, Asia Times notes, the details
in the DoJ complaint identify as…

U.S. authorities have arrested two foreign officials on
charges of participating in a large-scale corruption system seeking
to secure favorable investment terms for Chinese energy company
CEFC in Africa. The detainees are the former home affairs secretary
of Hong Kong, Patrick Chi Ping Ho, and the former foreign minister
of Senegal, Cheikh Gadio. The two, according to Department of
Justice, bribed senior government officials in Uganda and Chad in
favor of an unnamed company, which, Asia Times notes, the details
in the DoJ complaint identify as…