Hawks have their eye on rampant gold smuggling route from Zim through SA

Nearly 40% of gold mined in Matabeleland is believed to be smuggled directly to SA, and the corruption goes very high up

02 June 2021 - 20:25 By graeme hosken

A Zimbabwean intelligence officer and that country’s mining boss’s former driver, who was arrested allegedly smuggling 13kg of gold through OR Tambo International Airport, are key to an international precious metals smuggling syndicate investigation...

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