Swiss probe money laundering claims against Gabon’s former first lady

GENEVA: Switzerland has been looking into money laundering claims against Gabon’s former first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba since 2023, according to prosecutors and legal documents seen by AFP on Monday. The public prosecutor’s office in Geneva said that “an investigation for money laundering is currently under way,” confirming a report by the Swiss online outlet Gotham City. A legal document obtained by AFP shows that the investigation began in November 2023 into whether Sylvia Bongo Ondimba arranged for several million euros to be transferred to a Geneva-based Swiss bank.