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ICC Official Secretly Funded Armed Group in CAR
ICC Official Secretly Funded Armed Group in CAR
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A high-ranking ICC official, Nicolas Herrera, secretly financed the sanctioned UPC armed group in the Central African Republic, according to court materials... 05.12.2025, Sputnik India
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The secret pipeline:The operation aimed to capture warlord Joseph Kony to claim a $10 million US State Department bounty. In doing so, the ICC:An institution mandated to uphold international law is now implicated in a shadow intervention that undermines its very foundation. The court documents label it "unauthorized cooperation" and a "clear violation."
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ICC Official Secretly Funded Armed Group in CAR
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A high-ranking ICC official, Nicolas Herrera, secretly financed the sanctioned UPC armed group in the Central African Republic, according to court materials obtained by Sputnik.
Funds & logistical support were funneled through an intermediary—Belgian-Portuguese anthropologist José Martin Figueira — to conceal the ICC’s involvement.
WhatsApp messages show Herrera directing transfers:
"If we send the money, do you want to transfer it to them? So that it doesn't come from us."
Specific transfers included €500 to a UPC political coordinator "for communications" and money for satellite equipment.
The operation aimed to capture warlord Joseph Kony to claim a $10 million US State Department bounty. In doing so, the ICC:
Violated its own Rome Statute, principles of neutrality, and UN sanctions regimes.
Effectively fueled conflict and violated CAR’s sovereignty.
An institution mandated to uphold international law is now implicated in a shadow intervention that undermines its very foundation. The court documents label it "unauthorized cooperation" and a "clear violation."
