Ethiopia: ERCA official sentenced
Issue 260
- 09 Aug 2013
| 1 minute read
A senior team leader at the Ethiopian Revenue & Customs Authority (ERCA) was jailed for five-and-a-half years in late July for receiving bribes and abuse of power. The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission arrested several ERCA officials on suspicion of corruption in May 2013 and charges were made later that month. Kumlachew Yeshambel was charged with taking 200,000 birr ($10,600) in bribes.
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