Cameroon’s porous defences: How gold worth billions escapes to Dubai

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In Cameroon, only about 5% of gold production is channeled legally, with the majority smuggled out through international airports to Dubai. This reveals significant security weaknesses in the country’s resource control systems.

Barely 5% of Cameroon’s gold production is thought to pass through legal channels. Yet the rest still leaves the country, much of it through its international airports. Part 2 of our investigation into a security system riddled with holes.