quote:Fake fears over Ethiopia's gold
The price of real gold is currently soaring
Ethiopia's national bank has been told to inspect all the gold in its vaults to determine its authenticity.
It follows the discovery that some of the "gold" it had bought for millions of dollars was gold-plated steel.
The first hint that something was wrong reportedly came when the Ethiopian central bank exported a consignment of gold bars to South Africa.
The South Africans sent them back, complaining that they had been sold gilded steel.
An investigation revealed that the bank had bought a consignment of fake gold from a supplier, who is now under arrest.
Other arrests followed, including business associates of the main accused; national bank officials; and chemists from the Geological Survey of Ethiopia, whose job it is to assay the bank's purchases of gold and certify that they are real.
But what has clearly now got the government even more worried is that another different batch of gold in the bank's vaults has also been found to be fake, and this time it was gold which had been there for several years, after being seized from smugglers trying to take it to Djibouti.
The Ethiopian parliament's budget and finance committee ordered the inspection of all gold in the national bank's vaults.
A report from the auditor-general on the affair is expected to be presented to parliament during its current session.
Gold is mined in Ethiopia in considerable quantities, and a trader selling gold to the central bank has to have it tested and certified by the Geological Survey.
Whether the bank bought fake gold in the first place, or whether real gold from the vaults has been swapped for gilded steel, the fraud has cost the bank many millions of dollars, and it must have involved collusion on a considerable scale.
Bron: BBC
Misschien moeten ze ook Fort Knox eens checken
quote:nee joh, het kleurtje is genoegOp vrijdag 14 maart 2008 09:34 schreef Wynter het volgende:
Je checkt je goudt toch eerst of het wel echt is?
quote:Neuh, het kost maar 1000 dollar per 31 gram, waarom zou jeOp vrijdag 14 maart 2008 09:34 schreef Wynter het volgende:
Je checkt je goudt toch eerst of het wel echt is?
quote:Dat staat er ook toch?Op vrijdag 14 maart 2008 09:34 schreef Wynter het volgende:
Je checkt je goudt toch eerst of het wel echt is?
Alleen zat die gast die het checkte wsl in het complot
.quote:Echt waar?!? Zoveel?Op vrijdag 14 maart 2008 09:46 schreef DJKoster het volgende:
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Neuh, het kost maar 1000 dollar per 31 gram, waarom zou je
Is dan wel flink gestegen de laatste tijd nee? Wellicht een goede investering!? 
quote:Waarschijnlijk werd het prima getest, maar kreeg de tester geld.Other arrests followed, including business associates of the main accused; national bank officials; and chemists from the Geological Survey of Ethiopia, whose job it is to assay the bank's purchases of gold and certify that they are real.
quote:Op vrijdag 14 maart 2008 10:05 schreef Dr.Daggla het volgende:
Leest iemand het bericht ook helemaal?
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Waarschijnlijk werd het prima getest, maar kreeg de tester geld.
verloor mn interesse na een paar regels 
quote:Op vrijdag 14 maart 2008 10:03 schreef Stephen_Dedalus het volgende:
Wat een laksheid van de Ethiopische centrale bank. Je zou bijna denken dat het afrikanen waren.
quote:de vloek van onze samenleving..Op vrijdag 14 maart 2008 10:07 schreef Wynter het volgende:
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