Fugitive Zambian ex-Barclays Bank employee Pamela Gondwe has reportedly been placed on the Red Alert Interpol list of most wanted criminals to be prosecuted.

Last month, Gondwe fled the country after pulling off one of the biggest bank heists in Zambia’s history, making away with about K7,000,000 cash belonging to Barclays Bank.

Gondwe was among the people entrusted with the vault at Barclays Bank, Lusaka’s Longacres Branch.

Sources at Barclays Bank Zambia have revealed that the bank’s employee stole a total of K7 million from the Longacres branch.

Gondwe, an entrepreneur who is also the author of a book titled “Tears in a Suitcase” launched in 2016, got hold of the money by virtue of her employment as the employer entrusted her with keys for the Vault.

Instead of safeguarding the employer’s money, Gondwe decided to fete herself, obviously with instigation from her Nigerian boyfriend, and got away with different amounts of money in pounds, euro and dollars as well as a K250,000 cash and vanished.

There has not been any statement from the bank yet.

Gondwe recently disclosed in a profile interview with Zambia Daily Mail that “I am a traveller and I want to explore the beautiful unknown lands and be part of the magnificent world. I have this desire to shake the dust of this crummy little town off my feet, get on the place and go to see the world!”

Could this have been the motivation for her theft of the bank’s money? It will be known as the story unfolds.

Sources further say Pamela left the country the same day she stole the money via Ethiopian Airlines to East Africa.