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Did the Akasha brothers change their minds for fear of Goswami?

The Akashas', from left Ibrahim Akasha, Gulam Hussein, Vijygiri Anandgiri Goswami and Baktash Akasha at the Mombasa High Court in Mombasa County. [Kelvin Karani/Standard]

When the chips were down, the Akasha brothers had nothing left to hold onto apart from honour and trust.

At the very least, when they were extradited to the US to face charges of orchestrating an international narcotics conspiracy, they knew these two qualities, a requirement in their murky world, would count for something.

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