INVESTIGATIONS
Swazi Secrets
890,000 confidential documents leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists reveal widespread financial crime in Southern Africa, and the authorities' inability to stop the flow of dirty money.
Swazi Secrets: Financial fraud, from Edgar Lungu to the Swazi royal family Lawmakers, ministers, High Court judges, members of the royal family... In Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), one of the countries cited in an important leak of official documents seen by Jeune Afrique, banks suspect leading figures of being corrupt. But regulators, subject to the government in power, are struggling to tackle the scourge |
Swazi Secrets: Regulators set their sights on FirstRand, Standard Bank and Nedbank According to leaked documents seen by Jeune Afrique, some of the continent's biggest banks are struggling to follow the rules set by financial market regulators – failings that allow crime to flourish in Southern Africa |
P&ID Corruption Scandal
Process & Industrial Developments Limited, a tiny offshore company, won a multibillion-dollar legal battle against the Nigerian state. The entire case was based on a fraud.
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Mozambique 'Hidden Debt' Scandal
A multibillion-dollar government project to develop Mozambique's tuna fishing industry ended in failure, prompting an economic crisis and widespread allegations of bribery.
Glencore Corruption Scandal
The mining giant Glencore bribed African officials for years to secure the continent's finest natural resources at the lowest prices.
British Politics
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African Politics
Finance
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Banking
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