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Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation scandal

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and the Anti-Corruption Commission have investigated 338 people in connection with the scandal. On April 18, 2024, Abdulla Yameen's 11-year prison sentence for money laundering and corruption was overturned by the Maldives High Court, which ordered a retrial on the grounds that the 2022 hearings were
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in 2019 in relation to the deals. He was convicted in 2022, and sentenced to 11 years in prison. A number of other lawmakers were also implicated. As of 2023,
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from Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation. The scandal was made public by a 2016 investigation in
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Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) scandal
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of at least 50 islands being obtained by private companies for
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corruption
Maldives
embezzled
Al Jazeera
Abdulla Yameen
2014 Maldivian parliamentary election
parliament
leases
tourism development
public tender
Abdulla Yameen
money laundering
Maldivian Police
"Maldives government must act on new details in corruption scandal"
Transparency International
"Report exposes Maldives 'orgy of corruption' ahead of election"


"MMPRC scandal: list of beneficiaries grows to 267"
"Former Maldives President Charged With Corruption, Money-Laundering"
The Diplomat
"Maldives former president Yameen gets 11-year jail term"
"Major Naveen to face prosecution in MMPRC scandal"
"Asia Pacific Maldives court overturns ex-president Yameen's jail term"
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