A federal grand jury announced on Monday the indictment of the former Chadian ambassador to the United States, Mahamoud Adam Béchir and his deputy, Youssouf Hamid Takane. They are accused of corruption and money laundering.The US State Department of Justice said that between August 2009 and July 2014 when they were posted, diplomats demanded $2 million in bribes from the Canadian company Griffiths Energy, in exchange for helping to obtain oil rights in Chad. The money would then have been laundered into the American financial system. We also learn that the interests of the oil company have been transferred to the wives of diplomats and to a third Chadian individual

Nouracham Bechir Niam, the wife of the former ambassador, is also under investigation in the case. According to documents proving the transaction, the transaction provided consulting services to Griffiths Energy. The Chadian citizens named in the case are still at large. Mahamoud Adam Béchir is currently Chad's ambassador

According to Transparency, Chad occupies the 160th position in the ranking of the least corrupt countries in the world out of 180. Internally, the oil sector is at the heart of this corruption, with numerous cases of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering