Gold Mafia - Episode 2 - Smoke & Mirrors | Al Jazeera Investigations

South Africa’s most notorious money launderer is known as Mo Dollars. He cleans millions of dollars from the sale of illicit cigarettes through gold. Confidential documents expose an intricate web of shelf companies and fake invoices that hide a multi-million-dollar operation in plain sight.

When the Gold Mafia’s money laundering business outgrows its existing infrastructure, it takes over banks and government departments. Ledgers reveal the names of bank, immigration, and customs officers, and a central bank governor - all recipients of the mafia’s generous bribes.

Undercover reporters strike a deal with a competing mafia, one that’s close to the Zimbabwean government. It promises to launder $1.2 billion of dirty cash and guarantees access to executive power.

Gold Mafia, a four-part series by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit looks at how society’s obsession with gold underwrites a global shadow economy. The undercover team infiltrates the rival gangs that turn dirty cash into gold, which is then sold around the world. Through exclusive interviews with whistleblowers from within the criminal syndicates, investigators obtain the blueprints of the money laundering operations that service southern Africa’s economic and political elite. And the investigation leads to the highest offices of state.

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[mutemigrace]

That Al Jazeera undercover team deserves an Oscar!

[brendonmartin]

Whoever took the courage to do this documentary, thank you 😊

[mkhunju]

The sad thing is that if you showed Uebert Angel's followers this explicit, undeniable proof, they'd still refuse to accept that he's a conman. What a joke.

[Shalom]

This is what l call investigative journalism at its best of the best. It can’t be any better than this.

[robsongumbiti]

Man of God managed to see grilled Beef and 3 tomatoes & didn't sense anything about the undercover team😅😅

[katutaetoo]

"As long as you grease the wheels in Africa there's no issue" That Statement right there hit me straight to my Heart as an African💔😓💔

[maureenndeda]

😂😂😂😂 "Inside your refrigerator, I can see grilled beef and three tomatoes" 😂😂😂😂... Forgive me.... I know this is a serious documentary but I burst out laughing at that part and woke my family up.

[tobybisengoofficialelevaxm]

He can see grilled beef in ypur fridge at home but cuddnt see the hidden camera...oh my Africa!

[austinndyetabula]

Al-Jazeera, you have no idea how much I was looking forward to this release!

[Chikulamayembe]

This is absolutely heart-breaking! Many Zimbabweans are outside Zimbabwe as economic migrants. And to see this! I am at a loss of words! What is wrong with this continent?

[seangunda]

as an SA audit student this has to be the juiciest scandal we have experienced and are going to deal with in the exam for sure !!!

[dumisovilakazi]

An opener of a series, the best I've ever seen. Mama Africa's Children are suffering because of fellow greedy leaders... It will take an apocalypse to change our people and thrive! To AL Jazeera, Bless Up! 👏🏽💡

[headsbrainmode]

Al Jazeera investigative reporters are so good they made this look like an interview, guys just spilling the beans with ease .... well in A.J

[aiveezw]

Hopefully these documentaries will help change the situation in Zimbabwe because we have suffered for so long

[cabdikanikelvines]

Professional and bold journalism 👏 👌 from al jazeera investigative unit crew. I feel part of al jazeera English channel

[rowyenaeises]

The Khan brother's voice is literally breaking and shaking as he speaks
This thing is deep

[LozaPoza]

Everyone seems to benefit from Africa's immense wealth except for Africans ourselves. This is what pains me most about this documentary.

[Simba-The_Lion]

It's heartbreaking, that as millions of ordinary citizens we suffer at the expense of a small few.

[JBotomani]

This is so heartbreaking. Africa feeds the world but its citizens are the poorest.

[refiloethamaga]

The ex-wife said “Money was like water to us, you open the tap it was there” wow that hit me so hard, that time people are applying for jobs for years and earning minimum wages 😢