-didn’t share info with then PPP/C gov’t
Former Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman yesterday emphasized that when the APNU+AFC government entered office in 2015, US agents provided a briefing on the extent of gold smuggling that had been occurring under the previous PPP/C administration.
As the fallout continues from the US’s sanctioning on Tuesday of Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed over an alleged gold smuggling network, Trotman underscored that when APNU+AFC took office in May of 2015 smuggling had already been a major problem and Washington apparently did not trust officials of the preceding administration.
Trotman has spoken about this subject in the past and critics have said the 2015 to 2020 APNU+AFC administration also failed to rein in the gold smuggling.