Niger has introduced one of Africa’s toughest anti-corruption laws under its new penal code.
If anyone is found guilty of embezzling 200 million CFA francs (about $330,000), they could face life imprisonment.
But it gets even crazier.
Anyone convicted of embezzling more than 1 billion CFA francs (about $1.7 million) could face the death penalty.
The law adopted under Niger’s military-led government also scraps the statute of limitations on embezzlement and makes prosecution mandatory, as the country moves to crack down on large-scale theft of public funds. #Securitynewsalert.com
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