List Of Prominent People ZACC Seized Mansions And Cars From
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has seized ten mansions and 22 luxury vehicles worth US$8 million from prominent people who failed to account for their source of wealth.
In an interview with Sunday Mail, ZACC head of legal department Commissioner Jessie Majome said the mansions and vehicles will be forfeited to the State.
Majome said:
We seized and are holding 22 high-value motor vehicles worth approximately US$2 million. Applications for civil forfeiture (separately from the criminal trial process) regarding the vehicles are pending at court. We have a total of 10 high-value houses whose civil forfeiture we have had referred to court. The approximate value of the houses is US$6 million.
She told the publication that seven asset forfeiture applications had been sent to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for onward filing to the High Court in terms of the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act.
Of the seven cases, four are pending at the High Court. The people who are set to lose properties are:
- former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi;
- Gender Commission chair Margaret Sangarwe;
- Russel Mweye, a former staffer at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals;
- and former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) chief executive officer Frank Chitukutuku who is facing allegations of siphoning US$3 million from the parastatal through civil works projects.
ZACC is targeting to recover assets worth $300 million by year-end.
Majome added that the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act was amended to permanently enable asset recovery notwithstanding a criminal conviction.
She encouraged the public to be actively involved in fighting corruption. She said:
We therefore appeal to the public to tip us off. Members of the public can whistle-blow anonymously and we promise to protect the confidentiality of the reports about wealth acquired through illicit means. I am sure you will agree that disclosing the identities of the people on our radar now will jeopardise investigations.
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