内容摘要：The current fighting has already displaced about 700,000 people this year, according to the UN.

The current fighting has already displaced about 700,000 people this year, according to the UN.

He said his company gets smartphones produced “for Arabic countries” directly from Apple and devices produced for other countries from affiliated companies.He said that receiving payments directly from Russia might be problematic because banks in Dubai “are now asking too many questions and can reject the payment”.

To get around this, he said, he uses intermediaries to accept payments on his behalf – to avoid problems with his bank.“We can introduce you to our partners in Moscow, you can send the payment to them in a Russian bank and they send money to us here,” he said.“They will take a commission, of course.”

When directly approached by Al Jazeera, BMG refused to provide a comment.Apple products are by no means an exception.

In Russian supermarkets, popular food brands such as Coca-Cola, Lipton, Lindt, Geisha, Tchibo and Pringles are still displayed on shelves despite officially exiting the country.

Russian shoppers can still clean their toilets with Bref and wash their clothes with Persil detergent.Gold Leaf Tobacco, Rudland’s company, said that it emphatically denied any involvement, past or present, in money laundering, the trade in illegal gold or related matters.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe told Al Jazeera that it takes the issues of money laundering and illicit trade very seriously and will not participate, directly or indirectly, in such activities.Mnangagwa, Macmillan, Angel, Doolan, Rushwaya and other parties featured in this article did not respond to Al Jazeera’s inquiries.

Over the course of the coming weeks, the Gold Mafia series will reveal more on these characters, how they work and how they are using one of the world’s most-wanted commodities – gold – to enrich themselves, while impoverishing a nation.US gov’t wants a judge to order a radical shake-up, including banning Google from paying to have its search engine as default in phones.