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Recovery agency loses steam in graft and money laundering fight

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Asset Recovery Agency (ARA)Director Col. Alice Mate. [File , Standard]

In June 2022, the High Court froze the accounts of Nigerian start-up firm Flutterwave Payment Technology Limited with Sh6.5 billion over allegations of money laundering.

Flutterwave was among several companies, businessmen, individuals and state officers that the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA) claimed were engaged in money laundering schemes and had accumulated billions of shillings of unexplained wealth through proceeds of crime and corruption.

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