Mali's Auditor General's Office referred 40 files concerning possible criminal and financial offences to the competent judicial authorities as part of its work in 2024 and 2025, according to the Malian Press Agency. Abdoul Aziz Aguissa presented the findings on Wednesday, October 14, when he handed the two annual reports to transitional President Assimi Goïta at Koulouba.
The 94 audit assignments helped secure the regularisation and payment of more than CFA 2.4 billion to the public Treasury, according to the figures reported by the agency. That sum represents money regularised and paid in, rather than an overall estimate of losses. Referring files to judicial authorities does not amount to a conviction.
The total comprises 44 assignments in 2024 and 50 in 2025. The 2024 report, covering areas including rural development, health and transport, identified recurring shortcomings in asset accounting, a lack of approved procedures manuals and the irregular opening of public bank accounts.
The auditor's office separately confirmed that the reports were handed over on Wednesday. Goïta called for stronger internal controls, staff training and coordination between auditors and judicial and financial authorities, while distinguishing administrative shortcomings from acts of corruption, the agency reported.
