On 23 March, Al Jazeera published its report saying that there are rival gangs — with many different characters. From new-age pastors to old-school smugglers, and from diplomats to the Zimbabwean president’s niece. Al Jazeera’s investigation has uncovered a band of criminals driving gold smuggling and money laundering worth billions of dollars in southern Africa. It some of the key individuals running the mafia. These include a gold smuggler from Kenya who has now moved his operations to Dubai and is smuggling gold from all over Africa, mostly from Zimbabwe, under cover of running a church. Another is one of Zimbabwe’s most influential diplomats, a special envoy and ambassador-at-large to Europe and the Americas since 2021. Another is a pastor in Angel’s Good News Church and a musician. Another is a woman who is the president of Zimbabwe’s mining association and a niece of President Mnangagwa.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23/gold-mafia-godmen-conmen-president-niece
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23/gold-smuggler-pattni-kenya-zimbabwe
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23/top-zimbabwe-ambassador-gold-smuggling
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23/gold-mafia-looting-southern-africa
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/KoIvM842y
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