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Exclusive: U.N. Report Accuses Yemen Government of Money-Laundering, Houthis of Taking State Revenue
Exclusive: U.N. Report Accuses Yemen Government of Money-Laundering, Houthis of Taking State Revenue
report accuses
Yemen government of money-
laundering, Houthis of taking
state revenue
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Independent U.N. sanctions monitors
accused Yemen’s government, in a report seen by Reuters on
Tuesday, of money-laundering and corruption “that adversely
affected access to adequate food supplies” and said the Houthi
group collected at least $1.8 billion in state revenue in 2019 to
help fund its war effort.
“The Central Bank believes the team of experts ... may have
relied on allegations and misleading information from some
anti-Yemen parties that target the Central Bank of Yemen and
its presence and activities in Aden,” the statement said, adding
that the team of experts had been invited to Aden to examine
documents.
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The U.N. report said that in areas controlled by the Houthis the
group was collecting taxes and other state revenue needed to pay
government salaries and provide basic services to citizens. It
estimates the Houthis diverted at least $1.8 billion in 2019, “a
large portion” of which was used to fund their war effort.