According to the daily Libération, the Office national de lutte contre la fraude et la corruption (OFNAC) has proposed the unilateral closure of a dossier involving two members of the Tarraf family in an alleged case of embezzlement and laundering of several billion CFA francs. The case had been triggered by a denunciation of loans granted to political personalities, a misappropriation of more than 50 billion CFA francs transferred abroad, and the alleged laundering of 10 billion by a banking institution. These elements had led the OFNAC to open a preliminary investigation and to hear several persons, including a member of the hereditary family and two concerned cadres. According to Libération, the investigators carried out an in-depth documentary analysis and consulted judicial documents already processed by the judiciary. On the basis of its findings, the OFNAC concluded that part of the facts had already been the subject of a final judicial decision rendered by the Chamber of Indictment. In its report 2024, the Office indicated that it had proposed a classification without suite, considering that the same facts could not be re-examined under the principle of non bis in idem, which forbids judging a case twice.
The Tarraf affair: 50 billion allegedly misappropriated, the OFNAC clears the file without a trace
