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04.20.19
de Standaard: ‘Gold is a dirty business, even if I do say so myself’
He is one of the richest people in Belgium, but many of his fellow countrymen have never heard of him. The Antwerp gold trader Alain Goetz has expanded his empire abroad, including to Uganda, but his success raises big questions. Belgian newspaper De Standaard went to gold mines where children work and saw documents that link Goetz to Congolese conflict gold…
