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24 February 2024
‘Fool’s bargain’
The secret payments behind a deal that brought a country to its knees
13 July 2023
Revolt of the South Pole penguins
Carbon offsetting’s ‘unicorn’ wants to be an ultra-ethical social enterprise. Behind the scenes its deals with oil giants and authoritarian rulers are stirring dissent
31 May 2023
‘This is plunder’: Illegal quarries threaten one of Africa’s fastest vanishing forests
Sierra Leone is on the climate change frontline. Its defences are on sale to the highest bidder
13 April 2022
Glencore and the Order of Friendship
The trading giant’s lucrative deals with allies of Vladimir Putin
3 March 2022
Russian football club under US sanctions operates through UK
An elite Russian football club under US sanctions is partly controlled through a British company
25 February 2022
BP boss is trustee of group that orchestrated Putin PR stunts
The boss of BP sits alongside Vladimir Putin and eleven sanctioned oligarchs on the board of an influential society that safeguards Russian “national identity”
8 February 2022
London is a battleground for Nigeria’s looted oil millions
Fortunes stolen by military dictator Sani Abacha are now being fought over in UK courts
21 January 2022
Kazakh leader’s grandson was mystery client at collapsed ‘golden visa’ firm
Dolfin Financial went bust after being accused of misleading regulators over its ties with Nurali Aliyev, an oligarch with luxury property in London
22 November 2021
EU ministers back gas project linked to Malta journalist’s murder
The EU has pledged to phase-out support for fossil-fuel infrastructure - but energy ministers are arguing for an exception to be made for Malta
22 June 2021
Cummings pushed NHS to skirt funding rules for data project
Leaked emails show PM’s aide told head of NHSX ‘no delay please – just send immediately’
22 June 2021
Health company favoured by Hancock linked to Tory donors
Shareholders in Babylon Healthcare made donations to Conservatives and Hancock’s 2019 leadership campaign