US to Settle with African Leader’s Son in $71 Million Graft Cases
The outcome will decide the fate of a mountain of riches, allegedly amassed through corruption, theft, embezzlement and extortion in the tiny, impoverished nation of Equatorial Guinea.
View ArticleJudges Reject Human Rights Action Against Chiquita on Supreme Court Precedent
A federal appeals court rules that thousands of Colombians have no legal basis to sue the banana giant Chiquita for payments it made to U.S.-designated terrorists in their country. But lawyers for the...
View ArticleEx-Steinmetz Associate Gets 2 Years for Obstructing Guinea Corruption Probe
A federal judge said Cilins's obstruction of a foreign bribery prope "strikes at the very foundation of the sound administration of justice," but he declined to impose the sentence of more than three...
View ArticleBlind to Problems, World Bank Invested in Honduran Bank, Audit Says
With a major client involved in a bloody agrarian conflict, the largest bank in Honduras still received $70 million in investment from the World Bank three years ago, according to an internal audit...
View ArticleI.M.F. Whistleblower Battle Down to a Scuffle in Public
Eugène Nyambal, a Cameroonian economist, says he was fired from the I.M.F. five years ago for complaining about corruption in Africa. But to pierce the fund's immunity, he is suing over a scuffle with...
View ArticleNarco Cash Flowed Through Citi, Deutsche Bank, BofA, Court Papers Say
D.E.A. affidavit provides rare inside look at the role of money exchange brokers in Colombia who allegedly laundered millions of dollars in drug money through accounts at Citibank, Bank of America and...
View ArticleTainted Waters: How Corruption Set the Stage for an Embattled Iraq
Chad Bouchard Chad Bouchard, a staff writer for 100 Reporters, is an investigative journalist focusing on politics and corruption. His stories have
View ArticleTreated as Complicit, Iraq Loses Oil-for-Food Round 2
Iraq loses again on appeal. But a dissenting judge says his colleagues have denied the Arab state any way of holding major corporations to account for stealing hundreds of millions in humanitarian aid.
View ArticleTerminal Restraint: Disabled Adults Killed when Caretakers Pile on
By Lee Higgins They grabbed him, gave him a sedative and tackled him in a hallway at the Bernard Fineson Developmental
View ArticlePacking the House: How Nouri al-Maliki’s Election Tricks May Doom Iraq
With militants of the Islamic State raising their black flag over towns and cities outside of Baghdad, Iraq’s parliament is facing growing pressure to ease the disaffection of Iraq’s sizable Sunni...
View ArticleFeds Seize $1 Million in Real Estate from Informer in Steinmetz Probe
The three single-family suburban homes in Jacksonville, and a pile of kitchen equipment, seemed a long way from the high-stakes, multi-billion-dollar battle over the world's largest untapped deposits...
View ArticleCourt Shields I.M.F. in Whistleblower Scuffle Case
The decision could scuttle the case brought by Eugène Nyambal, a former employee at the International Monetary Fund, who said Monday he hoped to bring the case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
View ArticleMiddleman’s Dilemma: The Rise and Fall of Guinea’s Mahmoud Thiam
Mahmoud Thiam returned to Guinea in 2009, pledging to end the "resource curse." As mining minister, he forged agreements with companies to mine Guinea's underground treasure. Now, prosecutors in at...
View ArticleThe U.N. in Haiti: When Protectors Turn Predators
Diana Jean Schemo Diana Jean Schemo is co-founding executive editor of 100Reporters and an award-winning former foreign, national and cultural correspondent for
View Article100Reporters partners with AfriLeaks
100Reporters has joined AfriLeaks, a network of news organizations to investigate tips from whistleblowers in Africa.
View ArticleCanard Enchaîné Sees Libel Case Tossed
Two strikes in two months for Steinmetz's lawyers as they battle critics on both sides of the Atlantic and the English Channel. A Paris court says his lawyers neglected to dot their 'i's and cross...
View ArticleUseful Enemies: How Politicians in NE India Profit from Rebel Unrest
Think of a state where insurgent outfits run a parallel government, aided and abetted by local politicians cutting across party lines. Sounds incredulous, but welcome to Meghalaya, a hill state in...
View ArticleActivists Call for Lifting of Immunity for UN Sex Crimes
An activist organization launches "Code Blue," a campaign calling for the abolition of legal immunity for all UN peacekeeping staff accused of sex crimes and an independent inquiry into the UN system...
View ArticleFeds: Super-Tourney in US Part of ‘World Cup of Graft’
In a year's time, the Copa América Centenario will be in the eyes and ears of untold millions of Americans, north and south of the Equator, as it brings together superstars from teams across the...
View ArticleCorruption in Nations Tracks Poverty and Inequality, Study Says
Douglas Gillison Douglas Gillison, staff writer, focuses on matters involving government oversight, human rights and corruption. His investigative projects have included the
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