Report: $2 Billion in Diamonds Stolen From Zimbabwe Fields
时间：2012-11-13 03:47:03
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Report: $2 Billion in Diamonds Stolen From Zimbabwe Fields
A rights group says nearly $2 billion worth of diamonds have been stolen from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields since 2008, with the money going to cronies of President Robert Mugabe.
Partnership1 Africa Canada says Zimbabwe's minister of mines, Obert Mpofu, has allowed military and security officials to
plunder2 the fields for personal gain instead of using the diamonds to help turn around Zimbabwe's
ailing3 economy.
The Canada-based non-profit says "hundreds of millions of dollars owed to Zimbabwe's
treasury4 have been lost in both illegal and legal trades."
The group stated its findings in a 36-page report released Monday. Zimbabwean officials have not responded to the
accusations5.
However, a state-run newspaper [The Herald] reports that Zimbabwe
Defense6 Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged fellow cabinet members to show any evidence they have that diamond revenue is being taken by the army.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti has repeatedly said that money from diamond sales is not reaching the treasury, fueling suspicions of
corruption7.
Zimbabwe's military seized control of the Marange fields in 2008, allegedly
killing8 hundreds of small-scale miners.
The Kimberley Process, which monitors the international diamond trade, imposed an export
embargo9 on Marange diamonds in November 2009, but lifted it two years later despite protests from human rights groups.
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