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DRC, Uganda
Gold refiner Alain Goetz fights back against US and EU sanctions

The Belgian businessman is currently orchestrating his legal riposte to the Americans and Europeans from Dubai, his goal being to get the sanctions lifted both on himself and his businesses. [...]

Published on 14/04/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

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Belgian businessman Alain Goetz in Entebbe, Uganda, on 4 October 2018.

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Gold being refined in a factory in Uganda.

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Washington refuses to lift sanctions on Alain Goetz

The Belgian businessman Alain Goetz is to remain on the sanctions list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The US treasury believes he still controls the various firms that have been used in illegal gold trading in Africa.

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EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

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US Treasury unlikely to let Alain Goetz's Aldabra off hook over gold trafficking allegations

Although it has not been put on the sanctions list drawn up by the US Treasury, Alain Goetz's UAE company Aldabra is unlikely to escape punitive action by the US. The US sanctions have also put Uganda, where his African Gold Refinery is based, in a difficult position.

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC, Uganda
Gold refiner Alain Goetz fights back against US and EU sanctions

Spotlight | Rwanda
Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

Uganda
Kampala embarrassed by two tonnes of missing gold

Morocco
European Commission kicks Moroccan phosphates issue into touch

DRC, Uganda
Washington refuses to lift sanctions on Alain Goetz

Central African Republic
EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Great lakes
Will US sanctions crush Museveni's ambitions for Congolese gold?

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US Treasury unlikely to let Alain Goetz's Aldabra off hook over gold trafficking allegations

In Focus | Great lakes, Rwanda
Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz battles for his interests in the Great Lakes region

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