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British High Court Justice Peter Smith has found that ex-President Frederick Chiluba stole US$46 million of state funds from Zambia between 1991 and 2002 (AC Vol 46 No 20). In a 220-page judgement, made public on 4 May, Smith also ruled that two London law firms were involved in a conspiracy to launder part of the stolen millions. Meer, Care and Desai is headed by Nelson Mandela's London lawyer, Iqbal Meer; the other, Cave, Malik & Co., which handled $3 mn., was run by Bimal Thaker....

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Peter Smith, Frederick Chiluba, Nelson Mandela, Iqbal Meer, Bimal Thaker, Xavier Chungu, Faustin Kabwe, Cypriot, Andrew Sardanis, Stella Chibanda, Fred Siame, Switzerland, United States, Atan Shansonga, Raphael Soriano, Katebe Katoto, Emmanuel Katto, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Belgium, BK, Betti Katumbi, Congol-Kinshasa, Moses Katumbi, Boutique Basile

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