Africa-Press – Mozambique. The former head of the State Intelligence and Security Service (SISE), the country’s secret service, Gregório Leão arrived on Monday at the special tents in which the Judicial Court of Maputo is operating for the trial of the so-called ‘hidden debts’ case, being the penultimate of the 19 defendants to be heard.
At the start of Monday’s session, the Mozambican public prosecutor chose to re-read the indictment, according to which Leão benefited from $8.9 million (€7.6 million) through deposits made in favour of his wife Ângela Leão, also an accused and already questioned in the ongoing trial.
The 63-year-old former director of SISE is charged with the crimes of embezzlement, association to commit crime, money laundering and blackmail.
“The defendant was the head of the Exclusive Economic Zone Protection project” that was at the origin of contracting the hidden debts, said the judge in the reading of the indictment.
The hearing of the former director of SISE, who held the post for 12 years after serving as Mozambique’s ambassador to Portugal, will take place today and Tuesday.
The last defendant to be heard will be António Carlos do Rosário, former director of Economic Intelligence at SISE and chairman of the state companies that benefited from the loans.
