How do global perceptions of Africa affect the continent? | Demographics
Today on The Stream: We examine how negative global perceptions of the African continent affect its economies and the lives of its people.Research conducted by…
Malaysia’s scandal-hit 1MDB sues Amicorp, seeks $1bn for alleged fraud | Corruption News
The scandal-hit fund says Amicorp ‘played a vital role’ in facilitating the laundering of more than $7bn.Malaysia’s scandal-hit 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund has said it…
US and UK sanction gold smuggler Kamlesh Pattni | Corruption News
Pattni featured heavily in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigation, which looked at gold smuggling in Southern Africa.An international gold smuggling and money laundering network exposed…
US charges Venezuelan media tycoon with money laundering | Corruption News
Raul Gorrin Belisario, owner of Globovision, allegedly took part in $1.2bn scheme to launder corrupt oil money.The United States has charged a Venezuelan media mogul…
TD Bank pleads guilty to US charges, faces business restrictions | Money Laundering News
Federal authorities began probing TD’s internal controls after agents discovered a Chinese criminal operation bribed employees and brought large bags of cash into branches to…
Fugitive former Philippines mayor Alice Guo arrested in Indonesia | Cybercrime News
Guo fled the country after she failed to attend a Senate hearing investigating her alleged ties with Chinese organised crime.Alice Guo, a former mayor in…
Germany confirms probe into former Lebanon central bank chief Salameh | Money Laundering News
Prosecutors say Riad Salameh, the bank’s governor from 1993 to 2023, is being investigated for money laundering and other crimes. Prosecutors in Germany have confirmed…
What are electoral bonds, the secret donations powering Modi’s BJP? | Narendra Modi News
A mysterious source of electoral funding, which has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is under…