Auditors claim they have discovered >145,000 fabricated civil servants on government payrolls in Congo. Also >40,000 people are getting paid by the state despite not appearing on official staffing lists, costing Congo over $800 million a year.
"Congo: Billions For Bandit Bureaucrats"
https://www.strategypage.com/qnd/congo/articles/20230505.aspx#foo
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