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Dept. of Treasury slaps sanctions on Uganda ‘Blood Gold’ profiteers

On Thursday, the Treasury Department announced sanctions targeting Belgian businessman Alain Goetz and African Gold Refinery, an Uganda-based business that since 2014, has participated in illicit gold trading, according to Treasury officials. The company is among several linked to Goetz that are “involved in the illicit movement of gold valued at hundreds of millions of […]