Govt Freezes Assets of 4 Who Said They Aided Gold Smuggling, Money Laundering: Zimbabwe
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe said Thursday it froze the assets of Cleopas Chidodo, David Chirozvi, Mehlululi Dube and Fredrick Kunaka, who told the al-Jazeera television channel they accepted money to assist a gold-smuggling and money laundering ring that has operated for the past 23 years.
The four men, all Zimbabwean nationals, made the statements in a four-part documentary series called 'Gold Mafia' that first aired last month. Prosper Chitambara, a senior researcher and economist at the Labor and Economic Development Research Institute of Zimbabwe, said the move is a good one in renewing the fight against corruption in the country."It also then affects the development of other critical sectors because resources are being diverted to productive spending into a few individuals' pockets," he said."So I believe there is need to obviously do more.
On Thursday, both the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission refused to comment on the freezing of the assets or on the Gold Mafia documentary series until all four episodes are screened.Get the latest in African news delivered straight to your inbox
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