Swiss prosecutors open Mozambique loan scandal investigation

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors have opened an investigation into the $2 billion (£1.58 billion) loan scandal which tipped Mozambique into a debt crisis, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said on Friday."The OAG opened criminal proceedings in February 2020 on suspicion of money laundering in connection with the granting of loans to state-owned companies in Mozambique," it said in an emailed statement, confirming a report by newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung. "The criminal proceedings..