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Ex-Rajoelina aide changes tack with guilty plea in Gemfields case

After her associate Philippe Tabuteau pleaded guilty for attempted corruption of the mining firm Gemfields at Southwark Crown Court in mid-September, Romy Voos Andrianarisoa has now done likewise in a sudden change of strategy. [...]

Published on 27/10/2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ex-Rajoelina aide's associate pleads guilty in Gemfields case

In a sudden turn of events that could tarnish the Malagasy president, Romy Voos Andrianarisoa's French associate, Philippe Tabuteau, who was arrested with the Malagasy official in London in August, has pleaded guilty before the Southwark Crown Court for attempted corruption of the mining company Gemfields.

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Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo on 26 June 2023.

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