An Al Jazeera investigative report has uncovered how a Canadian national, resident in Dubai, helps Russians launder money.

Alistair Mathias, a Gold trader and Financial architect who builds money laundering schemes for corrupt politicians, is a member of a gold smuggling syndicate that also launders money out of the African Continent.

According to him, he has been engaged in money laundering activities for over a decade of which corrupt politicians in Russia are among his clients.“I’ve been doing it for 13 to 14 years,” he said.

Speaking to investigative reporters from Al Jazeera who had posed as Chinese criminals to help his syndicate launder money from China he further disclosed that he smuggles about $40 million worth of gold out of Ghana on a monthly basis.

“In Ghana I do one ton. I do $ 40 million every month out of Ghana. This region I do probably 500 to one ton again. So I do roughly about $70 to $80 million every month.

Recall that Alistair Mathias in 2017 was in the news after he was exonerated by the Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates over fraud allegations.

He had been accused of fraud by Ghanaian partner, Henry Osei however, after the ruling he the court dismissed as unsubstantiated and frivolous the allegations of fraud made against him.

Fast forward, March 2023, Al Jazeera has released an expose in which he confessed to engaging in money laundering.

In the investigative piece dubbed 'Gold Mafia' it was revealed that Alistair and his partners have business networks that stretch across the African continent and operate in many other countries including Ghana, Zambia, etc.

He was described by the investigative reporters as a financial architect who builds money laundering schemes for corrupt politicians.