US Man Sentenced to 7 Months in Prison for Lobbying for Mugabe
22 August 2014
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A businessman who was part of a negotiated USD3.4 million deal facilitated by then RBZ Govenor Gideon to coerce US politicians to get sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and some of his close ruling elite, dropped, Prince Asiel Ben Israel, has been sentenced to 7 months in prison for the crime.
Prince Asiel Ben Israel, who is a Jewish Black American, was last year arrested together with another businessman 72 year old Greg Turner.
Charges against the men go back to 2008 when Barack Obama was elected President and they hoped that a black US President would reverse sanctions against Mugabe. But their objective was thwarted when the US government referred the case to the FBI instead back in 2008. Because of standing US sanctions, it is illegal for any US company or persons to trade or make business with Robert Mugabe and some close members of his ruling elite.
Turner has pleaded not guilty despite the presence of an email said to have been sent by him in 2008. Investigators have released the email sent to Dr Gono from Turner in which the latter reassured Gono, “The battle has begun. Failure is not an option.”

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