Guinée: suspecté de malversations dans le secteur de l'or, le préfet de Mandiana placé en garde à vue
In Guinea, the prefect of Mandiana, Colonel Aboubacar Sidiki Traoré, has been arrested. He is suspected of failing in his responsibilities regarding artisanal gold mining in his locality, located near the Malian border in the far northeast of the country. He has been placed in police custody at the offices of the Office for the Repression of Economic and Financial Crimes (ORDEF) in Conakry. This arrest raises a broader question: who truly controls the country's vast mineral wealth?
Mandiana is one of Guinea's gold-bearing basins. Tons of gold are extracted there every year. But behind this wealth lies a far less glamorous reality: illegal mining, environmental degradation, deadly accidents, informal networks, and lost revenue for public finances.
It is in this context that the justice system is now interested in the representatives of the State in this prefecture, including the prefect, Colonel Aboubacar Sidiki Traoré, who has been in custody at the offices of the Office for the Repression of Economic and Financial Crimes (Ordef) for several days.
The investigation will have to determine whether individual responsibility can be attributed to him. At this stage, nothing has been proven, explains a source close to the case, who requested strict anonymity.
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The abuses in the sector have been denounced.
"But this case raises another question: can a prefect alone explain the abuses observed for years in a region where gold mining mobilizes thousands of people and involves multiple actors?", asks this source.
"The fight against illegal exploitation cannot be limited to spectacular arrests," explains another source, who adds that this fight "requires a real strategy and sanctions against all those who profit from these circuits, regardless of their rank."
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