US and UK sanction gold smuggler Kamlesh Pattni Pattni featured heavily in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigation, which looked at gold smuggling in Southern Africa. Al Jazeera · Dec 10, 2024
Former London MP Margaret Hodge made anti-corruption champion to target 'dirty money' in Britain and overseas Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the appointment on a visit to the National Crime Agency Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024
Margaret Hodge named anti-corruption champion The Government has appointed an anti-corruption champion as it seeks to make UK a ‘hostile environment for the corrupt and their ill-gotten gains’. Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2024
Gold fraud: the Goldenberg scam that cost Kenya billions of dollars in the 1990s – and no one was jailed The Goldenberg scandal in the early 1990s is Kenya’s largest documented gold fraud. The scheme involved Goldenberg International Limited, which pretended to export gold and diamonds, and in exchange received substantial subsidies from the government for “earning” foreign exchange. Kenyan businessman Kamlesh Pattni – who was at the centre of… The Conversation · Jun 18, 2023
South Africa to investigate gold mafia uncovered by Al Jazeera President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that authorities are looking at several individuals mentioned in Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera · May 14, 2023
Six secrets uncovered by Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigation Here are the key takeaways from the investigation into Southern Africa’s biggest gold and money laundering operations. Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2023
Is Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa behind gold smuggling? Al Jazeera’s investigation shows different gold smuggling gangs have one common thread — links to Emmerson Mnangagwa. Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2023
Swiss gold or smuggled Zimbabwean gold? No one knows A complex gold smuggling and trading system means there is no clean gold, an Al Jazeera investigation shows. Here’s why. Al Jazeera · Apr 6, 2023
What draws the gold mafia to Dubai? An Al Jazeera investigation shows how criminals use the city’s pro-business policies to smuggle gold, clean dirty cash. Al Jazeera · Apr 6, 2023
Zimbabwe to investigate gold smuggling after Al Jazeera expose In a four-part investigative series, Al Jazeera exposes gold smuggling from Zimbabwe involving high-ranking officials. Al Jazeera · Apr 5, 2023
How Zimbabwe uses gold smuggling to evade sanctions choke Al Jazeera infiltrates gold smuggling gangs that help Zimbabwe’s government secure dollars amid sanctions. Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2023
Zimbabweans outraged by Al Jazeera exposé on gold smuggling elite An Al Jazeera investigation exposed several individuals linked to the government who are involved in gold smuggling. Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2023
Gold smuggler tied to Kenyan plunder is back — now in Zimbabwe Kamlesh Pattni, implicated in the Goldenberg scandal which almost bankrupted Kenya, is now smuggling gold from Zimbabwe. Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2023
Who are the Gold Mafia? Godmen, conmen and a president’s niece Gangs that smuggle gold and launder money, that is what the Gold Mafia investigation is about. But who are they exactly? Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2023
Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2023 How a ‘Gold Mafia’ is looting Southern Africa, washing dirty cash Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme.