Two years after the invasion of Ukraine prompted exodus of brands from Russia, many products are freely bought and sold.
Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme.
Gangs that smuggle gold and launder money, that is what the Gold Mafia investigation is about. But who are they exactly?
![From new-age pastors to old-school smugglers, and from diplomats to the Zimbabwe president’s niece, they are driving gold smuggling and money laundering worth billions of dollars in Southern Africa [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/whois43.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Uebert Angel, appointed by President Mnangagwa, offered undercover Al Jazeera reporters his diplomatic cover to launder.
