At least 60kg of gold worth millions of dollars could be smuggled from Zimbabwe to Dubai monthly, prejudicing the country of the much-needed foreign currency earnings, Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi estimates.

In an interview, Mr Hodzi said an inter-agency consisting of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and law enforcement agents was working round-the-clock to end smuggling.

“I was in Dubai recently and the officials there were telling us that a total of 60kg of gold every month comes from Zimbabwe and we have to put together a team of investigators to establish where the gold is coming from,” he said.

Mr Hodzi said the Government has allocated them funds to conduct proper training for investigators, as the gold was being smuggled in a smart way by a highly-sophisticated network of cartels.

“Finance and Economic Development Permanent Secretary Mr George Guvamatanga has given resources to the inter-agencies to train our investigators, prosecutors, police officers and those in specialised fields,” he said.

“We need to train investigators properly because there is also plenty of smuggling into South Africa and other countries.”