{"id":320819,"date":"2022-06-08T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=320819"},"modified":"2022-06-08T19:50:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T17:50:29","slug":"fishrot-iceland-and-namibia-should-hold-all-suspects-accountable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=320819","title":{"rendered":"Fishrot: Iceland and Namibia should hold all suspects accountable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff Reporter<\/p>\n

TRANSPARENCY International Iceland (TI-IS) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in Namibia have welcomed the ongoing visit of a team of Namibian investigators and prosecutors to Iceland to discuss cooperation regarding prosecutions in the Fishrot corruption scandal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also encouraged by the simultaneous visit of a delegation led by Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia\u2019s Minister of International Relations, to Iceland this week. TI-IS and the IPPR hope the visit of the International Relations Minister can be used as an opportunity for the two governments to boost cooperation on tackling corruption in both countries and, in particular, the need to seek accountability in the Fishrot case,\u201d Graham Hopwood, Executive Director of the IPPR, said.<\/p>\n

He said the two civil organizations have taken note that as of 7 June 2022, Namibia has not yet formally delivered its request for the extradition of three Icelandic suspects wanted in Namibia concerning Fishrot.<\/p>\n

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Minister of International Relations Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Photo: womenformultilateralism<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

\u201cWe urge that the Minister of Justice in Namibia, Yvonne Dausab, make her decision known regarding extradition as soon as possible, in the interest of justice and due process of law, having special regard to Article 44 of UNCAC (which deals with extradition matters). Citizens of both countries have expressed, through public protests, news investigations and civil society efforts, that it cannot be right that only Namibian citizens are held legally accountable for Fishrot when the corruption scandal clearly involved individuals in Iceland as well,\u201d Hopwood said.<\/p>\n

Reports that Prosecutor General Martha Imalwa and Deputy Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission Erna van der Merwe are also in Iceland meeting with Icelandic investigators and prosecutors augur well for possible cooperation in this transnational criminal investigation, Hopwood noted.<\/p>\n

The visit falls under mutual cooperation in line with Namibia\u2019s and Iceland\u2019s commitments under the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), which both countries have signed and ratified.<\/p>\n

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