01/10/2022
FACT-CHECK: Video circulating allegedly of finance ministerโs wife arrested with $20 million is misleading and false
By Emmanuel Bida
Money impounded from a ministerโs wife in Khartoum, Sudan? No, it is an old video.
According to video footage circulating on social media and first published by a Facebook user named Morris Awikjok, the wife of a South Sudanese minister was apprehended at Khartoum International Airport with millions of dollars in UN boxes today. This is false because it is an old video.
The post received over 100 interactions, including more than 50 shares and several comments.
โIt is not surprising that the Ministerโs wife was caught red-handed officially by Sudan Intelligence Security Agencies traveling from South Sudan with millions of dollars in boxes and has been arrested at the Khartoum International Airport (KIA) in Sudan with about $ 20 million USD in boxes marked UN,โ partly reads the post that was re-shared by African press and Juba South Sudan, pages that are known for sharing false and misleading content recently.
Some social media users also shared the same video with the claim.
The video, however, is quite old. A Facebook search returns versions of the same video from December 2021, claiming that $300 million in smuggled money from Sudan to South Sudan was seized at Juba International Airport. It was also used in connection with an allegation that more than $300 million USD was confiscated at Juba International Airport in December 2021.
Conclusion:
A claim that money was impounded from a ministerโs wife in Khartoum, Sudan, is found to be false by 211 Check. The video is from a separate event in December 2021.
Here are old versions of the video:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1619414214763192/posts/4827165997321315/
https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=890952061609465
Fact-check by 211 Check