OFAC Sanctions Illicit Gold Traffickers
The Office of Foreign Assets Control designated one individual and nine entities as part of its efforts to combat illicit gold trade. On March 17, OFAC sanctioned Alain Goetz, a Belgian businessman who operates the African Gold Refinery in Uganda…
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as well as companies in the UAE that receive illicit gold from mines in regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that are controlled by armed groups involved in destabilizing activities in the Congo. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson said that "[c]onflict gold provides the largest source of revenue to armed groups in eastern DRC where they control mines and exploit miners,” in a press statement.