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Nicholas Vingirai arrested by Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau
17 Aug 2011 at 09:15hrs | Views
Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested Nicholas Mugawaga Vingirai who is still an internationally wanted Zimbabwe suspect Wednesday at a hotel in Taipei.
CIB officials received a tip from an unnamed source that Nicholas Mugawaga Vingirai, a Zimbabwe suspect on the Interpol Red Notice list for 20 years, would be visiting Taiwan and would fly in from Singapore on August 9.
CIB officers arrested Vingirai at 10 a.m. in Taipei City's Zhongshan district at a hotel where he was having breakfast.
Vingirai said he was on a business trip, looking for potential investment opportunities.
After a simple interrogation, the CIB officers sent him to the National Immigration Agency, which is arranging his deportation to Zimbabwe.
The CIB has informed Interpol about Vingirai's arrest and has confirmed his identity.
Vingirai is wanted for alleged money laundering, fraud, and embezzlement of funds from a Zimbabwe company where he worked as CEO from August 2003 to February 2004.
According to the International Criminal Affairs Division officers of the CIB, Vingirai is suspected of stealing an estimated 5.21 billion Zimbabwean dollars ($14.40 million) of company funds, which he converted into South African rand and US dollars and deposited in overseas bank accounts.
CIB officials received a tip from an unnamed source that Nicholas Mugawaga Vingirai, a Zimbabwe suspect on the Interpol Red Notice list for 20 years, would be visiting Taiwan and would fly in from Singapore on August 9.
CIB officers arrested Vingirai at 10 a.m. in Taipei City's Zhongshan district at a hotel where he was having breakfast.
Vingirai said he was on a business trip, looking for potential investment opportunities.
The CIB has informed Interpol about Vingirai's arrest and has confirmed his identity.
Vingirai is wanted for alleged money laundering, fraud, and embezzlement of funds from a Zimbabwe company where he worked as CEO from August 2003 to February 2004.
According to the International Criminal Affairs Division officers of the CIB, Vingirai is suspected of stealing an estimated 5.21 billion Zimbabwean dollars ($14.40 million) of company funds, which he converted into South African rand and US dollars and deposited in overseas bank accounts.
Source - focustaiwan
