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Mar
The Investigative Unit of Al Jazeera in the first episode of a four-part investigation into gold smuggling in Africa titled Gold Mafia has revealed that a gold smuggler, Alistair Mathias, smuggles around $40 million worth out of the country monthly. The first episode mainly focuses on Southern Africa, particularly Zimbabwe where a niece of President Mnangagwa is mentioned as the kingpin heading the alleged gold smuggling scam. Alistair Mathias, a Canadian national, allegedly launders money for people all over the world, from Russians to African politicians. Mathias, who is based in Dubai, according to the Al Jazeera report uses a…