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Madagascar launches Torohy platform to tackle tax corruption

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Madagascan President Michaël Randrianirina has launched the Torohy digital platform for reporting corruption and abuses in the tax sector. He called on the Directorate General of Taxes to punish officials implicated when the facts are established, according to L’Express.

Madagascar has officially launched Torohy, a digital platform for reporting cases of corruption and related offences in the tax sector. The platform was unveiled on 9 October at a ceremony at the Carlton Anosy in Antananarivo, according to L’Express.

Madagascar’s head of state Michaël Randrianirina asked officials at the Directorate General of Taxes to punish illegal acts when they are established. “Would you dare take action?”, he challenged them during his speech, according to L’Express.

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