Diamond arrests raise more questions about government involvement

The Zimbabwean.com reports that the recent arrests of six directors accused of fraud with the Canadile Mining group are raising questions about further government involvement.

The story is quoted as saying:

Canadile has for months been at the heart of fraud allegations, with civil society groups and even the MDC warning that their operations were not above board. The MDC warned in February that Core Mining’s board members allegedly included former mercenaries, smugglers and fraudsters. And in May, the Mutare based Centre for Research and Development (CRD), implicated Canadile as the source of rampant smuggling operations out of Chiadzwa. The CRD said in a report that at least 2,000 carats of diamonds are being smuggled out of the controversial Chiadzwa diamond claim every day, in direct contravention of international trade standards. The group stated that smuggling was rampant, with the prime suspects being employees at the Canadile mining firm.

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