In the United Kingdom, a former adviser to the Malagasy president found guilty of corruption. Romy Andrianarisoa, 47, was close to President Andry Rajoelina.
She was arrested in flagrante delicto of corruption at the beginning of August in London, with her French associate. The jury accuses them of having sought, between 2021 and 2023, to obtain $310,000 from Gemfields, a British company specializing in the extraction of rubies and emeralds.