The UN Panel of Experts mentioned illicit financial flows in the public sector and the case of the three members of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), indicted in the BNC corruption scandal and “still in office,” in its latest report to the Security Council.

“Certain public officials continue to take advantage of their positions to divert public funds for personal use, which impacts the State’s ability to meet basic needs such as healthcare and education for the underprivileged. As already reported by the Panel of Experts (see S/2023/704), collusion in the embezzlement of public funds and pressure on civil servants to commit acts of embezzlement remain major drivers of illicit financial flows in several governance structures,” the report states.