Posted inWorld

US Authorities Target Southern Africa’s Officials, Businesses Over Gold Smuggling

By Darren Taylor In the early 1990s, a British-Kenyan businessman allegedly stole $2.3 billion from the public coffers of Kenya in east Africa and got away with it. A commission of inquiry later found that Kamlesh Pattni’s company, Goldenberg International Limited, allegedly pretended to export gold and diamonds, and in exchange received substantial subsidies from […]