US Sanctions Uncover Global Gold Smuggling and Money Laundering Network
The United States has imposed sanctions on 28 individuals and businesses in the diamond and jewelry industry, accusing them of involvement in a global gold-smuggling and money-laundering operation. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revealed that the operation is based in Zimbabwe and led by Kamlesh Pattni, a Kenyan businessman infamous for his role in the 1990s Goldenberg gold-trading scandal. After fleeing to Zimbabwe, Pattni was allegedly involved in