THE PLAYERS
SANCTIONED ENTITIES
DIAMVILLE SAU
DIAMVILLE SAU (a.k.a. DIAM VILLE; a.k.a. DIAMVILLE; a.k.a. DIAMVILLE COMPANY; a.k.a. DIAMVILLE SAUAG), Avenue of the Martyrs, 1st District, Bangui, Central African Republic; Organization Established Date 28 Mar 2019; Organization Type: Support activities for other mining and quarrying [RUSSIA-EO14024] (Linked To: PRIGOZHIN, Yevgeniy Viktorovich).
Diamville SAU (Diamville) is a gold and diamond purchasing company based in the CAR and controlled by Prigozhin. Diamville is one of several Prigozhin-connected entities that is intimately involved in the CAR mining sector. In 2022, Diamville participated in a gold selling scheme that entailed converting CAR-origin gold into U.S. dollars. Following the imposition of U.S. sanctions on several Russian financial institutions, participants in the scheme planned to move the proceeds by transferring cash by hand. Additionally, Diamville shipped diamonds mined in the CAR to buyers in the UAE and in Europe.
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