 In 2012, Timiș-owned company called Petro-Tim was awarded a licence to explore the blocks despite having no known track record in the industry.Soon after, Aliou Sall, the brother of the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, was hired by the company, allegedly to ensure Petro-Tim could keep these rights.The BBC program further alleges that Petro-Tim paid tax worth USD250,000 to the President’s brother instead of the Senegalese government.