Mozambique: Sentenced to 10 Years Imprisonment

Maputo — Alexandre Njovo, the former Presiding Judge of the Maxixe City Court, in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane, on Tuesday was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his involvement in the embezzlement from the state of 3.2 million meticais (50,000 US dollars at the current exchange rate).

The sentence also includes the payment of a one-year fine and the obligation to compensate the Mozambican State to the amount of approximately three million meticais.

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