A senior investigations officer from the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has testified in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that there was no money found in the bank accounts of both Davies Mwila and Ann Mwitwa during their investigation. Highton Chilele, an officer under the DEC’s Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, also revealed that the funds paid to media houses for advertisements by the Patriotic Front (PF) were proceeds of crime. Former PF secretary general Davies Mwila and Lusaka lawyer Ann Mwitwa are charged with possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Additionally, Mwitwa faces a charge for failing to report a suspicious transaction. Count one alleges that between January 1, 2021, and August 31, 2021, in Lusaka, Mwila and Mwitwa,...

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