The Sentry is an investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers and seeks to shut those benefiting from violence out of the international financial system.
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02.24.21
OCCRP: Report: $4 Billion in African Conflict Gold Floods World Markets
More than US$4 billion in conflict-affected or high-risk gold from Central and East Africa gushes every year through world gold centers like Dubai to permeate international markets, according to a report published Monday.
The Sentry, an investigative hub that tracks dirty money in African conflicts, said that staggering quantities of gold from conflict-affected Sudan, South Sudan, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being smuggled into neighbouring countries for re-export in order to enrich armed groups responsible for mass atrocities…
