Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ABIDJAN992
2006-09-01 16:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abidjan
Cable title:
COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERIOR MINISTER REFUSES BRIBE,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ABIDJAN 000992
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERIOR MINISTER REFUSES BRIBE,
POLICE SERGEANT ARRESTED
Classified By: POL/ECON Jim Wojtasiewicz, reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABIDJAN 000992
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERIOR MINISTER REFUSES BRIBE,
POLICE SERGEANT ARRESTED
Classified By: POL/ECON Jim Wojtasiewicz, reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).
1. (U) On Thursday August 24, General Adolphe Babi, the
Ivorian Police Inspector General, announced at a press
conference the arrest of Sergeant Zie Guillaume, who was
charged with offering a bribe of approximately USD 226,000
(CFAF 113 million) to the Interior Minister in exchange for
accepting 312 prospective candidates into the police academy.
Sergeant Zie had collected the money from the prospective
candidates to guarantee that they would get in.
2. (U) Sergeant Zie offered the cash bribe to Interior
Minister on August 10. Dja Ble immediately alerted General
Babi, who went to the Minister's office with an investigative
team and arrested Zie on the spot on charges of corruption.
The investigative team found the cash bribe in the trunk of
Zie's car.
3. (U) Each year, the Ministry of Interior organizes
entry-level exams for prospective candidates at the police
academy. Those that pass the written exam must then pass
physical and medical tests to gain admission. However, there
have been recurrent rumors that police officials are taking
bribes to short-circuit this recruitment process.
4. (C) Comment: This incident speaks well of the new
Interior Minister, a highly regarded former head of the
Ivorian intelligence service who is not a member of any
political party. However, Dja Ble has his work cut out for
him to change the culture of corruption within the police.
This incident will no doubt have made the minister some
enemies. End Comment.
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/01/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERIOR MINISTER REFUSES BRIBE,
POLICE SERGEANT ARRESTED
Classified By: POL/ECON Jim Wojtasiewicz, reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).
1. (U) On Thursday August 24, General Adolphe Babi, the
Ivorian Police Inspector General, announced at a press
conference the arrest of Sergeant Zie Guillaume, who was
charged with offering a bribe of approximately USD 226,000
(CFAF 113 million) to the Interior Minister in exchange for
accepting 312 prospective candidates into the police academy.
Sergeant Zie had collected the money from the prospective
candidates to guarantee that they would get in.
2. (U) Sergeant Zie offered the cash bribe to Interior
Minister on August 10. Dja Ble immediately alerted General
Babi, who went to the Minister's office with an investigative
team and arrested Zie on the spot on charges of corruption.
The investigative team found the cash bribe in the trunk of
Zie's car.
3. (U) Each year, the Ministry of Interior organizes
entry-level exams for prospective candidates at the police
academy. Those that pass the written exam must then pass
physical and medical tests to gain admission. However, there
have been recurrent rumors that police officials are taking
bribes to short-circuit this recruitment process.
4. (C) Comment: This incident speaks well of the new
Interior Minister, a highly regarded former head of the
Ivorian intelligence service who is not a member of any
political party. However, Dja Ble has his work cut out for
him to change the culture of corruption within the police.
This incident will no doubt have made the minister some
enemies. End Comment.
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