Gold Mafia Episode 1: The Laundry Service

Editor's Take

Opening Al Jazeera's undercover investigation into gold smuggling across southern Africa, this first episode sends reporters posing as money launderers into the networks moving illicit gold through Zimbabwe and beyond. It exposes the fixers and officials who thread the trade into the legitimate financial system. As a series opener it establishes the scheme and its scale, relying on hidden-camera reporting to make its case.

Gold Mafia Episode 1: The Laundry Service opens Al Jazeera's explosive undercover investigation into gold smuggling across southern Africa. Reporters pose as money launderers to infiltrate the networks moving billions in illicit gold through Zimbabwe and beyond into the global financial system. The film exposes the fixers, officials, and shell operations that keep the trade running. Gripping and meticulously reported, it is investigative journalism at its boldest. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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