Niger ‘scandal of the century’ exposed in FinCEN Files sparks lawsuit demanding action
Publisher Moussa Aksar was targeted as his reporting on millions in disappearing defense spending was submitted in a request to force a government inquiry. Journalist Moussa Aksar stands at the entrance to his newspaper, L’Evenement, in Niger.
English front companies allegedly siphoned millions of dollars from Niger, one of the world’s poorest countries, in a military procurement scandal that has engulfed the country and sparked lawsuits.
Last year, journalists in Niger obtained a confidential audit from the country’s ministry of defense that alleged up to $120 million in defense spending had disappeared from the West African country, often into tax havens and bank accounts controlled by unknown owners.
2021 may see tax reforms to address COVID-19, environmental challenges, and more
Governments and international bodies seek to fill massive deficits as billionaires and multinational corporations have seen their wealth grow during the ongoing pandemic. January 19, 2021 Climate activists in Amsterdam gather at the Museumplein with their bikes to ride around the center of the city during the global climate action day to demand climate action on Sept. 25, 2020.
Tax justice experts, accounting firms and corporations’ tax planning officers around the world are on the watch for a set of upcoming tax changes that could affect everything from digital services, to energy products and more.
Driven by concern: ‘There are no shortcuts to what we’re doing’
After three decades as an investigative journalist, ICIJ member and longtime collaborator Harvey Cashore says a passion for justice is key for any reporter who wants to succeed. January 18, 2021
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists collaborates with hundreds of members across the world. Each of these journalists is among the best in his or her country and many have won national and global awards. Our monthly series, Meet the Investigators, highlights the work of these tireless journalists.
Harvey Cashore is an investigative journalist and producer at The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he has worked since 1991. He currently produces the CBC’s Fifth Estate, an investigative documentary program. Cashore has partnered with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on several investigations over the years, including Offshore Leaks, Lux Leaks, Swis
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Huawei patent from 2018 describes the technology used to identify race features in pedestrians photographed or filmed in the street that may indicate they are of Uighur origin.
Chinese technology giant Huawei is retroceding on a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system intended to identify Uyghurs from other Chinese ethnicities.
Huawei patent from 2018 describes the technology used to identify race features in pedestrians photographed or filmed in the street that may indicate they are of Uighur origin.
Huawei, however, said it will delete the reference to Uighur in the patent upon permission from China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), the BBC reported, quoting a spokesperson.
Rushan Abbas hasn’t heard from her sister for more than two years.
Gulshan Abbas, a retired medical doctor, disappeared along with her aunt in September 2018 and was cut off from her family, who are Uighurs, a Muslim minority group which live mostly in China’s northwest Xinjiang province.
Rushan, an activist based in the United States, has publicly advocated on her sister s behalf ever since, insisting she had been kidnapped by Chinese authorities and placed in a camp or labour factory as punishment for Rushan s activism about the country s alleged persecution of Uighurs.
Chinese state media initially dismissed her claims.