Gabon’s First Family Stashed Cash in DC Property
Gabon's ruling Bongo family and their inner circle have bought at least seven properties worth over US$4.2 million in and...
Africa
Biometric Bribery: Inside Semlex’s Global Playbook
How Semlex and Gunvor Armed the Ivorian Civil War
As Ivory Coast descended into a violent political crisis, Semlex and Gunvor tried to help its pariah regime buy weapons in...
Biometric Bribery: Inside Semlex’s Global Playbook
Belgian Passport-Maker Paid Bribes to Win Madagascar Contract
Semlex paid one ex-government official thousands of dollars in unexplained fees — and he’s still on their payroll today.
GROUP AMERICA: A US-Serbian Drug Gang With Friends In The Shadows
The Hardest-Working Drug Gang You’ve Never Heard of
On a cold winter day in Gdansk, Zoran Jakšić scrambled to fix a problem not of his making.
A Hidden Tycoon, African Explosives, and a Loan from a Notorious Bank: Questionable Connections Surround Beirut Explosion Shipment
Since the devastating explosion of a store of ammonium nitrate in Beirut’s port on August 4, Lebanese citizens have taken to...
Private U.S. Contractors Part of the ‘Kill Chain’ in East Africa Anti-Terrorist Operations
A Cold War military procurement program, preferred private contractors, and escalating drone strikes in Somalia.
How a Notorious Arms Dealer Hijacked Niger’s Budget and Bought Weapons From Russia
At least $137 million of public funds was stolen from one of the world’s least developed countries through corrupt arms...
A Fishy Business: Shifting Profits Out of Africa
An Icelandic company at the centre of a Namibian bribery scandal may have avoided paying millions in taxes by moving cash —...
The State Capture Papers
Money for Nothing: South Africa Paid a Firm Millions for Pretending to Manage Its Properties
Leaked emails shed new light on how an investment company at the center of South Africa’s state capture scandal earned...
Nigeria Traces $9.6 Billion Financial Hit Back to $390,000 in Alleged Bribes
A British Virgin Islands-based firm allegedly paid more than US$390,000 in bribes to land a natural gas processing plant...
How Angolan Elites Built a Private Banking Network to Move Their Riches Into the European Union
A handful of powerful officials created their own secretive financial system to move hundreds of millions of dollars through...
#29LEAKS: Inside a London Company Mill
The Great Bulgarian Chopper Swap
An aviation deal in Eastern Europe should have raised alarms in UK, experts say.