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  • Global Witness alleges that Claudia Sassou-Nguesso, daughter of the President of the Republic of the Congo, used approximately $20 million in diverted public funds to purchase a $7.1 million luxury apartment (unit 32G) at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Manhattan. The investigation details a complex financial trail involving the Brazilian company Asperbras, which allegedly inflated contracts for geological mapping and hospital construction in the Congo. Funds were routed through a Delaware subsidiary (Asperbras LLC), a British Virgin Islands entity (Energy & Mining Asp. Inc.), and a Cypriot shell company (Sebrit Limited) controlled by intermediary José Veiga on behalf of Sassou-Nguesso. The purchase was facilitated by the law firm K&L Gates LLP via a New York shell company, Ecree LLC. Global Witness argues that the Trump Organization and K&L Gates failed to perform adequate due diligence on a Politically Exposed Person (PEP), potentially facilitating money laundering.

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    Global Witness

    Document type: Policy brief

    Regions: Republic of the CongoUnited States
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