Yarno Ritzen

A com­plex gold smug­gling and trad­ing sys­tem means there is no clean gold, an Al Jazeera in­ves­ti­ga­tion shows. Here’s why.

In a four-part in­ves­tiga­tive se­ries, Al Jazeera ex­pos­es gold smug­gling from Zim­bab­we in­volv­ing high-rank­ing of­fi­cials.

Zulka­r­nain Saer Khan was part of Al Jazeera’s in­ves­ti­ga­tion that un­earthed cor­rup­tion at the high­est lev­el of pow­er.

Call for ‘clear an­swers’ comes af­ter Al Jazeera re­vealed no­to­ri­ous Bangladeshi unit trav­elled to UK for spy train­ing.

De­spite be­ing ac­cused of hu­man rights abus­es, the Rapid Ac­tion Bat­tal­ion was host­ed in Poland and the Nether­lands.

De­spite US sanc­tions against the Rapid Ac­tion Bat­tal­ion, mem­bers went to Britain to re­ceive mass sur­veil­lance train­ing.

De­spite re­ceiv­ing ev­i­dence of the RAB’s al­leged in­volve­ment in ex­tra­ju­di­cial killings, the UK did not im­pose sanc­tions.

In­hab­i­tants of the re­mote Mau­rit­ian is­land of Agalé­ga fear ex­pul­sion, can see par­al­lels with Diego Gar­cia.

Analy­sis of data sug­gests con­struc­tion of airstrip and jet­ty for mil­i­tary use as In­dia ex­pands in­flu­ence to­wards Africa.