Quotes

 ‘Is there confirmed written or verbal evidence... to accuse him?' 

Lazatiana Razafimamonjy, lawyer for  Madagascar’s former Senate president, Richard Ravalomanana, addresssing a court in Antananarivo before he was sentenced to 10 years of hard labour 

‘In the past two-and-a-half years or three years of my service, I've asked them to dismiss over 40 staff on account of corruption and financial malpractice.’ 

Ola Olukoyede, Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairman 

‘We have now concluded the legal work on behalf of our clients in the United States, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.’ 

Manuel von Ribbeck of the firm Ribbeck Law Chartered on the announcement that families of Kenyans killed in the 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash are set to receive a combined $87.3m from the  Boeing-linked victim compensation funds

‘We have a right to know where our money went. This trial will finally shed light on the matter.’ 

Fred Bauma, a Congolese human rights activist ⁠and a claimant in a civil suit against Belgian biometrics company Semlex and others after a Brussels court ⁠ordered them to stand trial over alleged corruption, money laundering and tax fraud