Investigations

EXCLUSIVE
How a ‘Gold Mafia’ is looting Southern Africa, washing dirty cash
Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme.
Published On 23 Mar 2023
EXPLAINER
Who are the Gold Mafia? Godmen, conmen and a president’s niece
Gangs that smuggle gold and launder money, that is what the Gold Mafia investigation is about. But who are they exactly?
Published On 23 Mar 2023
EXCLUSIVE
Top Zimbabwe ambassador involved in gold smuggling scheme
Uebert Angel, appointed by President Mnangagwa, offered undercover Al Jazeera reporters his diplomatic cover to launder.
Published On 23 Mar 2023
EXCLUSIVE
Gold smuggler tied to Kenyan plunder is back — now in Zimbabwe
Kamlesh Pattni, implicated in the Goldenberg scandal which almost bankrupted Kenya, is now smuggling gold from Zimbabwe.
Published On 23 Mar 2023

The six-part series shows how government officials and businesspeople are profiting off the illegal movement of gold.

Here are the key takeaways from the investigation into Southern Africa’s biggest gold and money laundering operations.

Al Jazeera investigation reveals a well-known money launderer as a previously missing link in the Gupta state capture.

Al Jazeera’s investigation shows different gold smuggling gangs have one common thread — links to Emmerson Mnangagwa.

In Al Jazeera’s investigative series Gold Mafia, merchanting is used to launder money. But what exactly is merchanting?

A complex gold smuggling and trading system means there is no clean gold, an Al Jazeera investigation shows. Here’s why.

An Al Jazeera investigation shows how criminals use the city’s pro-business policies to smuggle gold, clean dirty cash.

In a four-part investigative series, Al Jazeera exposes gold smuggling from Zimbabwe involving high-ranking officials.

Al Jazeera infiltrates some of Southern Africa’s biggest smuggling gangs laundering gold and millions of dollars.

Staff at three major banks were on the payroll of ‘Mo Dollars’, an accomplice of gold smuggler Simon Rudland.

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