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Government announces further crackdown on corruption

The government has reiterated it will crack down on corruption. Finance Minister Mathias Dzon last week announced he would take action against tax and customs fraud, AFP said. His announcement follows the detention earlier this month of three tax officials, suspected of embezzling 363 million CFA francs (US $570,000). He said 200 million CFA francs (US $300,000) would be allocated to strengthening accountancy and data-processing services in the tax and customs departments.

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