Sudanese Echoes Exposes Dirty Money Behind the Dagalo Family Empire

Investigation by Al-Taj Osman

An investigative report by the Sudanese Echoes platform has traced the secret financial structure of the Dagalo family empire and the illicit wealth accumulated by the family, which is involved in the war against the Sudanese government.

The investigation coincides with the issuance of Constitutional Decree No. 6 of 2026, providing for the confiscation of the assets of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, and members of his family.

Published in a series of episodes in the inside pages, the investigation reveals the secret financial structure of Hemedti and his family, which was financed through the livestock trade and the exploitation of gold mines in Jebel Amer to purchase military equipment.

The family also built an extensive real estate empire valued at more than $500 million, with most of its assets registered in the names of wives and siblings for concealment and to evade legal prosecution.

The investigation shows the transformation of the Dagalo family’s wealth from camel looting, levies and the drug trade into a global financial and real estate empire based on the gold trade and money laundering.

The financial network included the use of camel herds as a mobile bank to finance arms purchases, the seizure of the Jebel Amer gold mines to generate millions of dollars monthly, and the establishment of extensive real estate and agricultural holdings to secure the smuggled funds.