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  1. 2020

    VTB files UK lawsuit against Mozambique over loan debt

    Lawsuit filed

    In a controversy noted in relation to VTB, the bank said it had filed a lawsuit in Britain against Mozambique to recover $535 million lent to Mozambique Asset Management after the company defaulted on loan repayments. According to the source, VTB stated that it brought the UK legal action against Mozambique over the unpaid loan debt. The event was reported on 7 January 2020.

    VTB said it had filed a lawsuit in Britain against Mozambique to recover $535 million lent to Mozambique Asset Management after the company defaulted on loan repayments.

    Stated objective. recover $535 million it lent to Mozambique Asset Management

    Source excerpt

    • The bank wants to recover $535 million it lent to Mozambique Asset Management (MAM) to fund a shipyard project in 2013.
    • Russia's VTB said on Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit in Britain against Mozambique after a state-owned company implicated in a multi-million-dollar bribery scandal defaulted on loan repayments.