As per FIC’s investigative report, Masozi Banda from law firm Avik International is top suspect in this money laundering case. He is suspected of laundering money worth millions to Edgar Lungu. The involvement of such high profile individuals is a clear explanation of how these groups and their illegal activities went undetected for such a long time. While Banda has defended himself by saying that the money is for contracts with government like construction of road, the intelligence agencies are not buying this defence and have since strengthened the investigation. Owner of Central Chambers and long-time legal counsellor of the Ventriglias, Sakibwa Sikota is also named in this list of money laundering suspects. He is an official lawyer of Ventriglias who are notorious for their illegal activities and getting away with law, most famously their on-going case of Zambezi Portland Cement against Dr. Rajan Mahtani.
While the investigation is going on, it is expected that all the names in the list are guilty of money laundering activities. As such, the government has also started investigation and once changed, all these wrongdoers should be prosecuted with serious punishments.