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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang will be extradited to the United States of America (USA) earlier this week, to answer for his involvement in the hidden debt scandal, an official source told Lusa today.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we can confirm that he will be extradited to the US this week,\u201d Athlenda Mathe, spokeswoman for the South African Police National Command (SAPS), told Lusa.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was arrested in South Africa, we will hand him over to the FBI this week acting in accordance to an extradition request,\u201d the spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n

According to Athlenda Mathe, Manuel Chang, who was Mozambique\u2019s Minister of Economy and Finance between 2005 and 2015, will be transferred \u201con Monday or Tuesday\u201d by the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation], in a special plane, after four and a half years detained in a prison in South Africa .<\/p>\n

The extradition of Manuel Chang to the United States until July 10 was communicated to the parties by the South African authorities on June 30, according to a communication from the Johannesburg Public Prosecution to which Lusa had access.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has been informed by Interpol in Pretoria that they are in contact with the \u2018US Marshall Service\u2019 and that Mr. Chang will be handed over to US authorities during the period 8-10 July 2023. This was also confirmed by Ms. Lerner of the United States Department of Justice\u201d, reads the note consulted by Lusa.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang will be extradited to the United States of America (USA) earlier this week, to answer for his involvement in the hidden debt scandal, an official source told Lusa today. \u201cYes, we can confirm that he will be extradited to the US this week,\u201d Athlenda Mathe, spokeswoman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-42303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Africa to extradite Manuel Chang to the US on Monday or Tuesday - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang will be extradited to the United States of America (USA) earlier this we ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa to extradite Manuel Chang to the US on Monday or Tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang will be extradited to the United States of America (USA) earlier this we ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mozambique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-09T17:47:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-09T18:32:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1688911134.681011.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"South Africa to extradite Manuel Chang to the US on Monday or Tuesday\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-09T17:47:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-09T18:32:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/sites\/64\/2023\/07\/sm_1688911134.681011.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/south-africa-to-extradite-manuel-chang-to-the-us-on-monday-or-tuesday\",\"name\":\"South Africa to extradite Manuel Chang to the US on Monday or Tuesday - 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