Mamadie Touré is the widow and youngest of former

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president

Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (; 30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008

's four wives. Her name appears in numerous investigations into the activities of Pentler Holdings, which is said to have transferred through a network of

shell companies A shell corporation is a company or corporation with no significant assets or operations often formed to obtain financing before beginning business. Shell companies were primarily vehicles for lawfully hiding the identity of their beneficial ...

at least one payment of $2.4 million US—with more pledged—to her

offshore company The term "offshore company" or "offshore corporation" is used in at least two distinct and different ways. An offshore company may be a reference to: * a company, group or sometimes a division thereof, which engages in offshoring business proce ...

, Matinda, in return for her help obtaining a concession in

Simandou mine The Simandou mine is a very large, high-grade iron-ore deposit in the southern highlands of Guinea. Running along the crest of the Simandou range in the Nzérékoré Region, the project holds an estimated 2.4 billion tonnes of ore grading 65 ...

from her husband shortly before his death.

Beny Steinmetz Beny Steinmetz (; born 2 April 1956) is an Israeli businessman and entrepreneur, with a focus on the mining, energy, real estate and diamond-mining industries. He has been convicted of corrupt and illegal business practices in multiple countries ...

, an Israeli diamond mining magnate, was convicted of corruption for the bribe.

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