Authorities in Hungary opened a money laundering investigation after a two week old company Drax Consult SAGL linked to President ED Mnangagwa’s son received a USD 2 million payment according to local news network Zimlive.com.
The company in question is linked to Drax International, a briefcase company that has been involved in supply of Covid-19 equipment to the Zimbabwe government without going to tender.The company raised questions after the Ministry of Finance paid for masks priced at USD 28 each. The company is not registered with the Procurement Regulatory Authority (PRAZ) as required by the laws in Zimbabwe.
Zimlive is in possession of documents that reveal the transaction is being investigated as a possible crime in Hungary.
At the centre of the dodgy transaction is a man called Ilir Dedja, a 51-year-old who was born in Albania. It is reported Dedja registered Hungary branch for Drax Consult SAGL on February 20, 2020 and received a payment of USD 2 million two weeks later on March 5.
Dedja met the President of Zimbabwe together with Delish Nguwaya, a business man closely related to the First Family. Delish Nguwaya was once arrested in 2017 on extortion and cocaine possession charges.
Interpol in Hungary wrote to Zimbabwe Republic Police that the companies may have been linked with companies under criminal investigation.
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