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Zim VP 'in gold deal'

February 25, 2009 Edition 2

Zimbabwe's Vice-President Joyce Mujuru was involved in an effort to sell gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo on the international market despite European sanctions, a trading company has alleged in London.

Mujuru's daughter, Nyasha del Campo, had tried last November to sell 3.7 tons of gold, which could be worth up to $92.5 million (R925 million), said Bernd Hagemann, vice-president of Firstar Europe. When his firm refused to do the deal, Mujuru made a menacing phone call to him. - Sapa-AFP