Zim loses US$1.7bn to smuggling

LIVINGSTONE MARUFU Zimbabwe could have lost gold worth US$1.67bn last year through smuggling and unfavourable mining policies which negatively impacted on the competitiveness of the sector, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) general manager Fradreck Kunaka, has said. Kunaka said at least 30 tonnes could have been shipped out illegally. He suggested that Zimbabwe should totally…