Pour des affaires de soupçons de “ money laundering”, the federal prosecutor's office has opened an investigation against the former governor of the Central Bank of Congo, Deogratias Mutombo, and five other people.

The judicial investigation concerns alleged acts of “money laundering” and searches took place in September 2023 in various locations in Belgium. According to information, hundreds of thousands of dollars have transited suspiciously via Belgium from the DRC. The federal prosecutor's office indicates that no suspect has been charged to date. In reality, the searches and hearings were carried out by the Central Office for the Suppression of Corruption (OCRC) and are mainly aimed at the former governor of the BCC, Deogratias Mutombo. Mr. Mutombo's Walloon Brabant residence was the subject of one of the searches, and the former boss of the BCC was heard again by anti-corruption