gold smuggling

The latest report by Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services on the security of minerals, illicit trading and mineral leakages has confirmed that delay in payments for gold by Fidelity Gold Refiners…
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Opposition parties in Zimbabwe are demanding a forensic investigation into the findings of the 'gold mafia' exposé by Al Jazeera. This follows an Al Jazeera documentary which implicated high ranking Zanu PF officials as part of a clique…
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s niece and Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya has been acquitted in the case she was accused of trying to bribe an airport official with US$5,000 in a bid to smuggle 6kg of gold worth more…
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Its now 18 months since journalist Hopewell Chin'ono was arrested and put on remand for exposing that Henrietta Rushwaya (President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s niece) was going to "corruptly" get free bail after being caught trying to smuggle 6kgs…
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Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has admitted that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is operating with broken down scanners in several borders which increases gold smuggling chances and vowed to resolve the challenges.
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The CIO officer accused of carrying 13kg of gold worth US$783 000 round security checks at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to pass to a smuggler in the departure lounge yesterday launched a fresh bail bid on the grounds of…
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Pakistani businessman Ali Mohamad, who is charged with attempting to smuggle gold outside the country, has applied for revocation of his placement on remand arguing there was no evidence from police investigations linking him to the…
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Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president, Henrietta Rushwaya, who is facing charges of trying to smuggle 6 kgs of gold bars worth USD$333 000 in her handbag on a flight from Harare to Dubai has been re-elected as the federation’s…
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A Zimbabwean gold smuggler Tashinga Nyasha Masinire who was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday with 23 prices of gold worth R11m (US$783 000) is reportedly Zimbabwe Miners Federation President…
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Accused gold smuggler Henrietta Rushwaya yesterday said she will apply for a relaxation of her bail conditions on her next court appearance, although no details of the desired variation were given.
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