They will be heard this morning by Latina judges Giuseppe Molfese Marie Therese Mukamitsindo, Liliane Murekatete and Michel Rukundo, who are being investigated over the incidents related to the management of the reception of migrants by the Karibu and Aid cooperatives. They are respectively the mother-in-law, wife and brother-in-law of Si Aboubakar Soumahoro’s deputy.
The three will be held accountable for their involvement in what happened to the cooperatives and the round of alleged miscalculations challenged by prosecutors in the Pontine capital. According to the regulation, the investigations and related criminal proceedings reconstruct “a proven fraudulent system based on the issuance and use of invoices for subjectively and objectively non-existent transactions and other non-existent costs used by Karibu in the 2015 statements 2016- 2017- 2018 and 2019 not only with the specific evasion purpose, but to justify the request for funding by the Central Directorate of the System for the Protection of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the reporting phase”.
The suspects will also have to clear up a whole range of facts that have emerged during the investigation, in particular the mass of bills which, according to the Guardia di Finanza, are not justified and which would have been used to send money abroad, particularly to Rwanda. Liliane Murekatete, defended by lawyer Lorenzo Borrè, has already indicated in the past few days that she is “completely unfamiliar with the facts at issue” and can therefore clarify her position. Today he gets his first chance. In addition to the members of the Karibu board, Richard Mutangana, Ghislaine Ada Ndongo and Christine Ndyanabo Koburangyira will appear before the investigating judge today as legal representatives of the social development association Jambo Africa. They are accused of having issued invoices for non-existent services, which are then used by Karibu.
We recall that in recent days the Latina Public Prosecutor’s Office has applied, against the Board of Directors of the Karibu Cooperative, the precautionary measure of prohibition, for one year, to enter into contracts with the public administration and to carry out business and executive offices of persons for the same period legal. In addition, a precautionary confiscation of over 639,000 euros was requested against Marie Therese Mukamitsindo and over 13,000 euros against Liliane Murekatete and Michel Rukundo.
The Public Prosecutor’s investigation, which has been entrusted to the Latina Financial Police, is still ongoing. In particular, the investigators of the yellow flames are now also examining the financial statements for the last two years, 2020 and 2021. Therefore, Pandora’s box about the activities of Karibu and Aid could still hold surprises.