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Ravatomanga case: David Thomas cooperates with Mauritius’s FCC

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In the Ravatomanga case, David Thomas’s lawyer says her client is fully cooperating with the Financial Crimes Commission (FCC), the Mauritian body mentioned in the case. The article provided gives no further details about the nature of this cooperation, the proceedings or the alleged offences.

The complaint by Nasser Beekhy was submitted to the FCC on 11 September, accompanied by an affidavit and a USB drive containing an audiovisual recording. The commission opened a new investigation after a preliminary examination of this material, according to an FCC statement.

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