Why is South Africa hiding financial records involving suspected Mafia kingpin Vito Palazzolo, chemical warfare expert Wouter Basson and De Beers Mining? Palazzolo owned a farm in Plettenberg Bay and was rumoured to be tied to a money laundering operation involving an animal centre in The Crags. Basson lives in Cape Town and his apartheid role is well known. De Beers allegedly moved 20 million carats of uncut diamonds out of South Africa just before the 1994 elections. Why is the Auditor General keeping these and other records secret? This … Read the full article…