BOPEU partner in money laundering links

Olefile Monakwe PIC: PHATISMO KAPENG
Olefile Monakwe PIC: PHATISMO KAPENG

A company recently unveiled by  Monakwe as a funding partner in the movement’s housing project coming up in Gaborone Central appears in the offshore leaks data base of money launderers released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Monakwe last week unveiled CredInvest International of Malta as the union’s funding partner who will be putting up some 5, 000 units of town houses and a state-of-the-art mall for BOPEU members at affordable rentals.

However, it would seem due diligence was thrown out of the window or slipped through someone’s fingers when the choice of the investor was made. Information unearthed by ICIJ reveals that the company and its sole face, Alain Mangion of Malta, are suspicious money laundering entities.

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