Picture: Joint Tssk ForceAddis Abeba – The Ethiopian Joint Security and Intelligence Task Force accused “some foreign nationals” who enter the country using tourist visas and other legal means, are engaged in weakening Ethiopia’s economy by “printing counterfeit dollars” using rented hotel and guest rooms as their basis. However, it didn’t clarify if all the five suspects were foreign nationals. Accordingly it said that after the operation, it has seized 601,760 birr which was ready to buy US dollars. The unnamed suspects who are under investigation were apprehended with three separate cheques worth 4.9 million birr ready to be used for the illegal purchase of US dollars, three Kalashnikovs and four pistols with similar ammunition. The Joint Task Force stated that its ongoing operation to crackdown on similar activities that started in Addis Abeba city will be expand to all other areas of the country where illegal money laundering takes place.

Source: Ethiopian News March 15, 2023 02:01 UTC