Alain François Viviane Goetz

While constraining the Group of Experts Russia and China also combined forces at the Security Council to block – or put a ‘technical hold' on – sanctions against a notorious gold trader Alain Goetz...

Kigali does not look kindly on this as the roads would drive trade in Kampala's direction including the massive amounts of illicit Congolese minerals including gold that is at present channelled to both Rwanda and Uganda where United States-sanctioned Belgian businessman Alain Goetz runs gold refineries (AC Vol 61 No 13 A golden hoard & Vol 59 No 6 The Great Lakes gold rush)...

The report produces documents that show that Alain Goetz who founded AGR owns a company called Aldabra and that Aldabra owns AGR...

The main commercial refiner in a position to benefit meanwhile is the Antwerp and Dubai-based businessman Alain Goetz who has partnered with Bujumbura's biggest gold dealer and has also invested in gold refineries in Entebbe and outside Kigali over the last three years (AC Vol 58 No 5 An awkward tango for Gertler and Glencore)...

The two governments have backed competing gold refineries each in partnership with Belgian businessman Alain Goetz (AC Vol 58 No 5 Museveni goes for gold)...

The AGR facility is owned by the Belgian businessman Alain Goetz...

AGR owned by Belgian veteran gold trader Alain Goetz may be receiving sizeable quantities of gold from conflict-torn South Sudan as well as Congo-K the report says...

The owner of the African Gold Refinery (AGR) Belgian Alain Goetz was identified as a key player in the gold trade in 2009 by the United Nations Group of Experts appointed to investigate issues in Congo-K (AC Special Report Nov 2009 On the brink of massive failure)...