Russia has overseen the more than 300% growth in the amount of gold that is held by its central bank since 2010. russiagold illicitgold
The Sudanese Ambassador to Russia Onor Ahmed Onor recently dismissed claims entities from the latter country have smuggled “hundreds of tonnes of illicit gold” from his country’s territory for years. In pushing back against the allegations, Onor called the report published by the British Telegraph newspaper “fake news” and added the story had been “created from the imagination” of the story’s writer.
The report cites an unnamed executive of one of Sudan’s largest gold companies who alleges that the precious metal is smuggled via “small planes from military airports dotted across the country to Russia.”Meanwhile, Onor’s rejection of the smuggling claims followed reports that Sudan’s military government is in fact planning to use the country’s 50-per-tonne-year gold mining industry to avert a possible collapse of the economy.
The report also said Dagalo, who is also known as Hemeti, had talked about how illegal gold buyers — 40 of whom had been arrested — are not the problem. Instead, the military ruler points a finger at the unknown parties that sell the precious metal to smugglers. He added: “We will find out.” However, as noted in the report, Hemeti did not give details with respect to the nationalities that had been arrested for illicit gold transactions.
Although the Sudanese government officials have rejected the Russian gold smuggling claims, VOA reported that Hemeti had visited Moscow prior to the start of the hostilities in Ukraine. During the visit, it was reported the military ruler had discussed increasing cooperation between Sudan and Russia.
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