In this interview released to OCCRP, Mark Pieth, author of Gold Laundering and one of the leading experts on illicit gold flows, answers five key questions about an investigation I spent nearly a year on.

It traces a multibillion-dollar opaque gold trade #Venezuela, #Curaçao, and #Switzerland.

https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/five-questions-on-the-gold-trade

#InvestigativeJournalism #GoldTrade #MoneyLaundering #SupplyChains #Curaçao #Transparency #DirtyGold

Five Questions on the Gold Trade

Mark Pieth, a Swiss lawyer and professor of criminal law, discusses the issues raised by a recent OCCRP investigation into how weak industry regulations may have allowed gold from conflict areas in Venezuela to slip into the supply chain of tech giants.

OCCRP
What draws the gold mafia to Dubai?

An Al Jazeera investigation shows how criminals use the city’s pro-business policies to smuggle gold, clean dirty cash.

Al Jazeera
Watching end of : “Al Jazeera Investigations” - “enter the Gold Mafia’s headquarters in Dubai, destination of the world’s dirty gold. And learn why gold is the perfect vessel to hide and move criminal wealth. “ .. probably it will be possible to watch this documentary on YouTube.. #dirtygold #GoldMafia #dubai