Zimbabwe president accused of retaining proxies to smuggle gold to evade punitive US trade sanctions

Zimbabwe president accused of retaining proxies to smuggle gold to evade punitive US trade sanctions

Zimbabwe’s government is using smuggling gangs to sell gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, skirting some of the consequences of tough Western sanctions imposed on the country over human rights abuses, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. The smuggling feeds into an enormous money-laundering operation, all facilitated by...

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Trump indictment is a reminder of unparalleled criminality and conspiracy that surrounded the US presidential 2016 poll

Trump indictment is a reminder of unparalleled criminality and conspiracy that surrounded the US presidential 2016 poll

The literally unprecedented indictment against Donald Trump marks an outright dangerous – and politically fraught – moment for the United States and serves as a reminder of the unparalleled level of criminality and conspiracy that surrounded the 2016 election. It’s easy to look back at the 2016 election as though...

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