The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has frozen the assets of four people suspected to be part of an alleged gold-smuggling and money-laundering syndicate.
The individuals were named in the Al-Jazeera Investigative Unit’s Gold Mafia syndicate.
Cleopas Chidodo, David Chirozvi, Mehlululi Dube and Fredrick Kunaka are the individuals in questions.
Chidodo is Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe Head of Security who was captured in Episode 2 of the documentary detailing how he assists gold smugglers avoid detection as they transport their contraband to Dubai via Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
Chirozvi is the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Aurex Jewellery Head of Finance. Kunaka is theGeneral Manager of Fidelity Printers and Refiners. He was allegedly on the payroll of the gold mafia during which he received a kickback of US$30 000 a month, according to the documentary. Dube, who was allegedly being paid US$3 000 per month by the gold smuggling syndicate, is associated with Golden Beryl Private Limited.
The Zimbabwe government has said it will investigate anyone implicated in the Gold Mafia documentary.
It dismissed statements by individuals such as Ambassador At Large Uebert Angel and businessman Ewan MacMillan is simply ‘boastful’.
The video below shows Zimbabwe Information Minister speaking about ‘boastful’ individuals
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