An Iranian-Turkish wealthy businessman, Reza Zarab who is in the center of a major financial scandal in Turkey, revealed that his leader, billionaire Babak Zanjani, led a money laundering operation in Turkey.
Zanjani was involved in the sales of gold by Turkey to Iran, a case that has sparked an extensive investigation for corruption in Turkey.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported on January 3 that according to the information broadcast on the Turkish public television: “Reza Zarab has confirmed that Babak Zanjani was its director.”
Zarab, a young Turkish billionaire of Iranian origin, is currently in prison in Turkey for fraud.
Babak Zanjani was arrested last week in Iran, as a consequence of a financial scandal in connection with the illegal activities of the mullahs in Turkey that has shaken that country.
According to a Turkish television, Zanjani and Zarab worked for transferring at least a planeload of gold bars from Istanbul airport to Dubai.
Persian language Ayandeh website reported on January 2 that “the latest information on the record indicates that the Iranian banking mafia has received a bribe of €4 billion for laundering operation” for a sum of $ 87 billion.
According to the “Transparency International “, which monitors the transparency and integrity of public and economic life of the countries across the world, Iran dropped from 88th place in 2005 to 133rd country in 2012, becoming one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
Zanjani was placed the U.S. Department of Treasury blacklist in April, accused of masterminding a network for moving oil and money for the Iranian regime, with the help of a Swiss company and a bank in Malaysia to circumvent sanctions that stifle the Iranian regime’s economy . The EU, for its part, had taken action against the businessman in December 2012.