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 (DIR) Post #AUdhZiihKksj2hPSqG by aljazeera@squeet.me
       2023-04-14T09:19:50Z
       
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       Al Jazeera's investigation shows different gold smuggling gangs have one common thread — links to Emmerson Mnangagwa.Is Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa behind gold smuggling?
       
 (DIR) Post #AUgfHbGOhWsoGoHfcG by blackburied@newsie.social
       2023-04-15T20:24:56Z
       
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       @aljazeera Evidence shows that high regulation fosters corruption: https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/do-more-rules-lead-more-corruption-evidence-using-firm-level-survey-data-developingTL:DR: Many folks who might consider payoffs bad reconsider when the payoff gets them through the red tape that would cost more time and money.  (aside: I would completely avoid a #cleptocracy like #putin 's)In watching this #aljazeera series, this "rule" seems corollary, where the sanctions against #zimbabwe acts like red-tape/regulation that drives these folks to normalize corruption.