Harare - The Zimbabwe government plans to seize farms belonging to bankers who fled the country in 2003 after being accused of mishandling foreign currency.
According to a notice published in the state-controlled Herald newspaper on Tuesday, the state would compulsorily seize nine farms from directors of the National Merchant Bank and Intermarket Holdings.
Some of the directors, among them prominent banker Julius Makoni, fled to the United Kingdom denying any wrongdoing, but fearing retribution from President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party.
Meanwhile Mugabe said he would "leave no stone unturned" in his efforts to extradite suspects wanted "in connection with corruption" by police.
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Zimbabwe's police are accused of being fiercely loyal to the ruling party.
"Criminals are criminals. We will be charging that Britain is keeping criminals. Does that augur well for Britain," Mugabe stated.
Mugabe, embroiled in a long-running dispute with Zimbabwe's former colonial power, said he was investigating foreign bank accounts in an effort to repatriate the money.
He said he would ask Interpol, the international police agency, to assist his government to return "fugitives" to face justice.
None of the bankers who will lose their farms this week have been charged with criminal activity. - Sapa
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