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09.13.16
IRIN News: How South Sudan’s leaders robbed their country – and nearly got away with it
A two-year undercover probe conducted around the globe by investigators drawn from the ranks of the FBI and the US departments of state and treasury found “massive criminal behaviour by the president of South Sudan and by his opposition, the ousted vice president of South Sudan, and their generals,” Clooney told a news conference in Washington on Monday.
“The simple fact is they’re stealing money to fund their militias to attack and kill one another”, as they amass still more wealth and their next of kin live in luxury, miles away from the violence that has displaced at least 2.4 million people and left more than five million in need, Clooney said.
