Former Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister has been arrested for alleged money-laundering activities. The authorities said he was arrested for owning a hotel suspected to be bought by proceeds of crime. He is also suspected to have procured a helicopter from the proceeds of crime. He has previously denied the allegations. He was arrested by the anti-money laundering unit of Zambia’s Drug Enforcement Commission, becoming the second ex-minister to be arrested in a week after former justice minister Given Lubinda who was charged on Tuesday.
