Every racket, on the record.
Edition No. 3
The permanent record. Filed. Documented. Never forgotten.
7 stories on file
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
José Luis Ábalos was Pedro Sánchez's trusted right-hand man, the kind of political confidant you'd expect to find loyally at the prime minister's side at every…
Saleh Mamman, Nigeria's former power minister, was sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8 billion naira — roughly $24.7 million — through private f…
Goldman Sachs had a reliable defence for its role in the 1MDB scandal: blame the help. For years, the bank pointed at bankers like Roger Ng Chong Hwa as the bad…
UMNO
In 2022, a Malaysian court did something genuinely surprising: it convicted an actual prime minister for being an actual thief. Najib Razak, who founded the 1Ma…
Peronist / Frente de Todos
In a continent where corruption is practically a career track, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner still managed to stand out. In December 2022, an Argentine federal…
Sani Abacha ran Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998, and he treated the Central Bank like a personal ATM with remarkably good credit. Transparency Interna…
Sani Abacha ran Nigeria from 1993 until 1998, when he died in office — conveniently before anyone could charge him with anything. In the intervening years, Tran…