
Last night the pan-African collective called Restitution for
Africa consisting of 11 non-governmental organizations operating in the
in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire,
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Togo presented to the
National Financial Prosecutor's Office of the Court of Paris a complaint
against the French Bolloré group for alleged activities
cover-up, money laundering and corruption
in the context of logistics activities, and in particular
carried out by the group in Africa. This was announced by the
"AFP" press which collected the statements of the
president of the collective, Jean-Jacques Lumumba, according to whom the
collective would be able to document conflicts of interest,
money laundering and influence peddling that would have
guaranteed profits to the French group.
In 2022, Bolloré divested its logistics business
and port services in Africa to the MSC shipping group
(
of 21
December 2022).