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Africa-Press – Madagascar. <\/strong><\/span>Madagascar’s authorities said they have launched a probe after a report from an international anti-corruption watchdog alleged possible criminal wrongdoing in the lychee tropical fruit trade.<\/p>\n

Transparency International (TI) said it had found evidence of corruption, tax fraud and other offences by French and Malagasy organisations involved in the lychee trade and urged authorities in both countries to investigate.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0We are opening an investigation now and let the fruits of this investigation tell us what will happen next,\u00a0\u00bb Solohery Razafindrakoto, a prosecutor at Madagascar’s anti-graft court, the Pole Anti-Corruption (PAC), told AFP.<\/p>\n

Madagascar is the biggest supplier of lychee to the European Union, according to the Centre for the Promotion of Imports (CBI), a European agency. Most of the fruit lands on French shores.<\/p>\n

The southern Indian Ocean island nation exported up to 25,000 tonnes of lychees in 2019, according to the CBI.<\/p>\n

But on Thursday TI said it had found evidence of numerous potential infractions, describing the trade as \u00ab\u00a0opaque\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Most profits of the lucrative lychee trade between Madagascar and the EU are concentrated in the hands of a few powerful and politically-connected individuals,\u00a0\u00bb TI Madagascar executive director Ketakandriana Rafitoson said in a statement.<\/p>\n

This came \u00ab\u00a0at the expense of tens of thousands of small-scale lychee producers and collectors who do not get their fair share,\u00a0\u00bb she added.<\/p>\n

TI said suspected wrongdoing and lack of competition in the market have caused farmers to earn less and European customers to pay more for lower-quality fruit.<\/p>\n

It has sent submissions to the PAC and French prosecutors, the group added.<\/p>\n

Madagascar’s Justice Minister Francois Rakotozafy said prosecutors would decide how to proceed on the case, adding judicial cooperation with France was \u00ab\u00a0not mandatory\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

A former French colony, Madagascar, has a population of 28 million people, 78 per cent of whom live in grinding poverty, according to the UN children’s agency, UNICEF.<\/p>\n

Pour plus d’informations et d’analyses sur la Madagascar<\/a>, suivez Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Madagascar. Madagascar’s authorities said they have launched a probe after a report from an international anti-corruption watchdog alleged possible criminal wrongdoing in the lychee tropical fruit trade. 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