Three Chinese nationals and 22 others arrested for over illegal money deals in Zimbabwe

The new series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people, three Chinese nationals and 22 other suspects of illegal money changers have been arrested in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, and more than $55,000 (£41,500) siezed.

Francesca Mukumbiri, the prosecutor says that the group has been charged with contravening the Exchange Controls Act after they were caught "red-handed illegally trading money," if convicted they would face a lengthy prison sentence.

Right now the country is in a deep economic crisis, forcing it to abandon its currency in favour of foreign currencies. Recent reports shows that Zimbabwe's currencies has run out of US dollars and introduced bond notes as a substitute. So the group were allegedly caught with bond notes, dollars and the currencies of South Africa, Botswana and Tanzania.