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Illegal gold mining in Siguiri: former prefect Fadjimba Mara denies allegations before CRIEF

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Illegal gold mining in Siguiri: former prefect Fadjimba Mara denies allegations before CRIEFUzabiaga · CC BY-SA 4.0

Former Siguiri prefect Colonel Fadjimba Mara denied allegations of corruption, illicit enrichment and environmental degradation before the CRIEF in Conakry on 11 November, in connection with illegal gold mining. He is the first of 22 former local administrators to answer questions from judges in proceedings joined to the case against 202 gold miners.

Colonel Fadjimba Mara, former prefect of Siguiri in Guinea, rejected allegations of corruption, illicit enrichment, money laundering and complicity in environmental degradation and water pollution before the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Crimes (CRIEF) on Wednesday 11 November. He said he had held office for only four months and maintained that the damage caused by mining operations had existed before his arrival, Guinéenews reported, as cited by Bénin Web TV.

Fadjimba Mara said he had organised inspection operations, particularly in Maléa, during which equipment was seized. Special prosecutor Alphonse Charles Wright questioned him about the effectiveness of these measures, which the prosecution considers insufficient, according to exchanges reported by Guinéenews. The former prefect also said he owned a building and two plots of land in Kissidougou and received a monthly salary of seven million Guinean francs.

The CRIEF joined the proceedings against 22 former local administrators to the case involving 202 people prosecuted for illegal gold mining, bringing the total number of defendants to 224. After Fadjimba Mara’s hearing, the court called Mariama Camara, former deputy prefect of Doko, to the stand. The hearing follows the dismissal of the 22 officials by presidential decree on 3 November, a decision announced as part of proceedings related to damage to arable land and waterways in the region. The trial of the 22 local administrators had already opened on 10 November before the CRIEF. The trial of 22 local administrators from Siguiri

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