Barely a month after insisting he had nothing to hide, Madagascar businessman Mamy Ravatomanga has been arrested in Mauritius in connection with the controversial transfer of Boeing aircraft to Iran, according to local authorities. The arrest comes just two weeks after he reportedly flew to Mauritius on a private jet amid growing unrest at home.
Ravatomanga detained, assets frozen in Mauritius
A senior investigator at the Mauritius Financial Crimes Commission, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that Ravatomanga was taken into custody on Friday at a private clinic. We had to arrest him immediately for fear that he might flee, like Carlos Ghosn, the investigator said, referring to the former Nissan chairman who escaped house arrest in Japan in 2019.