African leaders' sons implicated in #PanamaPapers
The son of Ghana's former president John Agyekum Kufuor was among African figures named in the Panama Papers trove of leaked tax documents.
The son of Ghana's former president Kufuor is among African figures named in the Panama Papers trove of leaked tax documents.
Eldest son, John Addo Kufuor is said in the documents to have controlled a $75 000 bank account in Panama for his father and his mother that he ran through an offshore company.
The son of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso also appears in the Mossack Fonseca files, in the 1990s.
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso is said to have approached Mossack Fonseca about setting up a company based in the British Virgin Islands, called Phoenix Best Finance, according to a French publication, Le Monde, which is one of the media partners for the release of the documents.
Sassou Nguesso said he did not know the law firm and had no knowledge of Phoenix Best Finance.
The leak alleges 12 world leaders are hiding wealth in secret, offshore accounts.
The find was led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and involving more than 100 publications from nearly 80 countries.
The documents include information that link Khulubuse Zuma to two companies that acquired oil-fields in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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