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A Zimbabwean diamond company featuring secret police & 3 tax havens…
Information given to Global Witness by sources within the CIO suggests that Sam Pa provided funding and material to the organisation in return for access to Zimbabwe’s diamond, cotton and property sectors. One CIO document put this support at $100 million and 200 pick-up trucks.
CIO members exercise joint control over Sino Zimbabwe Development (Pvt) Ltd – a diamonds, cotton and property company in Zimbabwe. Their partner, Sam Pa is a prominent member of the Queensway Syndicate, a network of companies with a track record of negotiating opaque resource for infrastructure deals across the African continent.
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One of my favourite convoluted structures. A Zimbabwean diamond company featuring secret police & 3 tax havens… pic.twitter.com/8Saqlur1QZ
— Nick Donovan (@nickpdonovan) February 18, 2016
