It is a no brainer that Portland Cement Zambia has been silently slaughtered by a group of Italian Mafias known by the name of the Ventriglia family. The objective of this family was to get their deportation renounced and make a comeback in Zambia to loot one of the most prosperous organization of the nation. Their dream was finally fulfilled in April 2015 when they made a comeback and grabbed the factory with the help of some hired goons.
The return was marked with an intent to extract as much money as possible from the factory and then return back to Italy with all the wealth. This is why, ever since the infamous takeover took place all the revenue of the factory is directly deposited into offshore banking accounts. Not even a single penny has been deposited into a bank within Zambia. Though it is hard to reason the same as it is a well-known fact that the conspirators have nothing to lose in Zambia. They are ready to sell even the last brick of the factory and run away with the revenue.
What has really shocked the nation is the blindness of the Government towards this issue. No legal action has been taken against this Mafia group. Reports suggest that they Ventriglia family has also created bogus companies whereby assets of the factory such as the trucks and the real estate is being transferred to them indirectly. To sum up, one can regard this chaos which is being funded by the Ventriglia family will soon result in demolition of the factory. Portland Cement Zambia cannot go on like this. The production has already stopped in December 2015 and all that is left in the factory is misery and cries of workers whose salary remain unpaid. How long will the Government continue to watch this corruption?