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Gold Mafia: RBZ Says There Is No Evidence Supporting Al Jazeera Allegations

1 year agoMon, 15 May 2023 19:48:17 GMT
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Gold Mafia: RBZ Says There Is No Evidence Supporting Al Jazeera Allegations

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has directed financial institutions to unfreeze all the accounts and other financial assets belonging to individuals who were implicated in alleged smuggling and money laundering by Al Jazeera’s documentary series that was premiered in March and April this year.

The central bank said it froze the assets of Cleopas Chidodo, David Chirozvi, Mehlululi Dube and Fredrick Kunaka, who told the undercover Al Jazeera reporters that they accepted money to assist a gold-smuggling and money laundering.

The four men, all Zimbabwean nationals, made the statements in a four-part documentary series called “Gold Mafia”.

State media reports in early April indicated that the RBZ had directed that accounts belonging to Ewan McMillan, Kamlesh Pattni, Uebert Angel, and Simon Rudland should be frozen.

But in a statement issued on Monday, 15 May 2023, FIU director Oliver Chiperesa said the Unit had not identified transactions linked to money laundering connected to the allegations in the Al Jazeera documentary. Reads the statement:

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Following the broadcast of Al Jazeera’s documentary series titled “The Gold Mafia,” the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) issued a directive on 31 March 2023 directing financial institutions to identify, freeze and report bank accounts and other financial assets owned and/or controlled by individuals who were alleged to have played key roles in alleged acts of money laundering and other financial crimes.

The FIU exercised its temporary freezing powers to ensure that any illicit proceeds connected to the allegations in the documentary would not be dissipated or disposed of by the persons concerned and prejudice potential future investigations.

The FIU, working in close collaboration with law enforcement agencies, has since concluded its analysis of the four episodes of the Al Jazeera documentary and has also analyzed the financial assets and transactions of the persons implicated in the documentary and has determined that there is no good cause for the freezing order to remain in place.

The FIU has not identified transactions/assets linked to money laundering and related financial crime connected to the allegations in the Al Jazeera documentary.

In view of the above, the FIU has directed financial institutions to unfreeze all the accounts and other financial assets that had been frozen pursuant to the directive of 31 March 2023.

The unfreezing action is without prejudice to any further investigations that law enforcement agencies may wish to commence or continue against any of the persons involved.

Some of the allegations in the documentary relate to money laundering and financial crimes alleged to have taken place outside Zimbabwe’s borders.

The FIU, if so requested, stands ready and is indeed mandated to cooperate with any international investigations against any of the persons or entities mentioned in the documentary.

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31 Comments

Anonymous · 1 year ago
Saka muchaita sei 😆😆😆
Greatworld · 1 year ago
it is known kuti everyone ari linked to zanu pf is always innocent nomatter what offence he commits
Anonymous · 1 year ago
The comrades and cadres always win. What a joke.
coni · 1 year ago
I was expecting this response from incompetent mangudya there was no way he can investigate ed and his family talk of henrietta uebert angel they are untouchable one that is why we call for leadership renewal vote wisely vote NELSON CHAMISA this rbz team is also involved so what else can you expect zvinotongovharana zvakadaro
Jim Munkuli · 1 year ago
vote for Chamisa CCC ❌
Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🐊🐊🐊 · 1 year ago
ZANU pf haifi 🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼,pasi ne mhanduu nyika inovakwa nevene vayo 🧱 upon 🧱 hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
🍊 · 1 year ago
uchigoti ayifi ayifi wakaruma mazinyo mu zupco bus,kumuka uchishaya Simba rekuridza muridzo wangu pepuka
Yoyoyo · 1 year ago
@Anonymous kkkkk uri murombo anongo remberera rovha rekupedzisira. Wakagara kumba kwevabereki vako, hauna mari kana dollar rekutenga air time. kkkkk u don't even have any electricity futi. Waiva zidooofo kuchikoro. U are a nobody and together with Zanu muchadonha nayo but iwewe u will always have nothing.
🍊 · 1 year ago
@yoyoyo you can say that again kkkkkk
Black Adam ⚡ · 1 year ago
The world is watching guys and there is no way the majority of zimbabweans will vote for ED, even in the rural areas cos the people there have relatives in the urban areas who tell them the truth.
Anonymous · 1 year ago
After the world watches then what?
sadney · 1 year ago
in whose world are we ever going to hear a report written by rbz saying rbz has a hand in facilitating illegal financial flow and gold smuggling by individuals ? nguruve haizvikange nemafuta ayo
· 1 year ago
"A-looter-Continua" The looting continues...
CHAWABVUNZA · 1 year ago
The fact that Financial Intelligence Unit [ FIU ] has unfrozen those Accounts on the reason that they have failed to find evidence incremating them has no rellevance because the RBZ is a co-accused. [ DO NOT VOTE FOR GOLD MAFIA CRIMINALS ]. There must be an independent investigator who is not the RBZ. [ THE BUSH LAWYER4CCC ].
no.,9 · 1 year ago
lets meet in the ballot box
no. 9 · 1 year ago
Fakiyo RBZ
Layan T · 1 year ago
You tube inopenga here kubvisa Engel account munomu mugariro hapana justice, some of yu munongo Commenter zvisina basa ukuwanei muZimbabwe even Zesa hakuna
🌚🌚🌚🌚🇱🇷🇺🇦 · 1 year ago
The outcome was predictable as the whole matter ends at the door of Mr Jones. RBZ is also party to the scandal and I would not expect it to investigate itself. 👁️👁️
.... · 1 year ago
True
Verbatim bulletin · 1 year ago
I knew this was unfolding the video was rather a tik tok skit to only show the likelyness of such activities in finance hard to prove across borders and the expose' in the month of ramadam the fast phenomenon where zvichangosiirirwa kuputikira those not worshiping the cult
Asalif · 1 year ago
freezing or not freezing everyone akuziva
Anchorage · 1 year ago
Here's one: Did you know? Jah Prayzah made $600K from Chiremerera and Maita baba album launches. This is not even half of what Winky D made from the Eureka Eureka Album launch. You know who's the GOAT 🐐 😎 I'm glad I tricked you 🤣
Ciroc 🍸 · 1 year ago
hanty 600k ndeyake jp iwe hauna kana cent raurikukuwana pazviri
Bhomora Zvekuti · 1 year ago
@Anchorage wow 600K inga magitare ari kubhadhara. JP is an amazing success story indeed. That's a lot of money, Chiremera
. · 1 year ago
thus false
Anonymous · 1 year ago
Well, lets get Hopewell Chin'ono, Simba Chikanza and Tendai Biti to produce the increminating evidence against the named persons so that they can be charged.
fugu pfeee · 1 year ago
who is the complainant. to just expose does not make one a complainant. saka muchaita sei
trrtt · 1 year ago
ttff

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