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How Zimbabwe uses gold smuggling to evade sanctions choke
Zimbabwe’s government is using smuggling gangs to sell gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, skirting some of the consequences of tough Western sanctions imposed on the country over human rights abuses, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. The smuggling feeds into an enormous money-laundering operation, all facilitated by Fidelity Gold Refinery, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe’s central bank, and enabled, in some cases, directly…
Top Zimbabwe ambassador involved in gold smuggling scheme
One of Zimbabwe’s most influential diplomats, Uebert Angel, offered to use his status to launder millions of dollars through a gold-smuggling scheme, during an undercover operation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit). Angel, appointed ambassador-at-large and a presidential envoy by Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa in March 2021, told reporters he would be able to carry large volumes of dirty cash into the country using his…
Opium, war and crime: How Hong Kong became known as a smuggling hub
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube In recent years, Hong Kong authorities have seized record amounts of illegal contraband, ranging from illicit drugs to endangered wildlife. While large busts are often hailed as law enforcement victories, they also reflect how attractive the city is to smugglers. Hong Kong officials say the fact that the city is an efficient and busy logistics hub…
American one of seven charged in Russian military grade weapon smuggling ring
CNN’s Alex Marquardt reports on a Russian smuggling ring that has shipped millions of dollars of US manufactured military and sensitive dual-use technologies to Russian end users. #CNN #News
Locked up in Hong Kong: Peruvian woman jailed for 8 years says she was tricked into smuggling drugs
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Peruvian Zoila Lecarnaque Saavedra served eight years in a Hong Kong prison after she was found guilty of smuggling drugs into Hong Kong from Peru in 2013. Saavedra claims she was hired by a woman who offered her US$2,000 to travel to the city to pick up a shipment of tax-free electronics that would be sold…
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