Hello, Adrian Finnegan here in dough. With the summary of the news on al jazeera, the u. S. Says that its killed the leader of al qaeda. Im an hour heavy and a drone strike in afghanistan. U. S. President joe biden said that intelligence officials truck. So were hearing to a house in central cobble where he was hiding with his family bite and approved the operation last week. After months of planning, ill just say were shebra chauncy reports. The u. S. President of the execution of im and i was that were here. He was approved for the u. S. And could be effective, and its Counter Terrorism operations. Even after the troop withdrawal, he ordered from afghanistan, when i entered our military mission of kansas almost a year ago, i made a decision that after 20 years of war, the United States no longer needed thousands of boots on the ground in afghanistan to protect america from terrace who seek to do us harm in administration. Officials said that the 2 hellfire missiles fired onto a balcony of a residential block in downtown cobble on sunday morning with the result of patient painstaking analysis that lasted months throughout. The Administration Says joe biden was deeply involved in the planning, even commissioning a model of the building and his determination to limit civilian casualties. Intelligence revealed and i hear his family 1st moved to cobble earlier this year. Before being joined by the leader of al qaeda. He never left the building but was also seen on the balcony where he was eventually killed. The u. S. Says there were no other casualties. The u. S. Of long insisted as a relationship between the taliban and al qaeda. But taliban leaders have denied that. Now with this killing and downtown cobble, it will be difficult at the very least, to deny that a fraction of the government dropped it out to a safe haven. Think this is a proud moment for joe biden, tempered only by the fact that it took place in cobble which thus raises the spectre of the withdraw from afghanistan. And of course, the terrorist organizations clearly reestablishing themselves or that the attack took place, just as the Afghan Government is in negotiations to free 3500000000. 00 in foreign reserves, it desperately needs to feed its people. Theres also a focus of some at the moment. Well, joe biden is in need of good news to quell domestic critics of his handling of the u. S. Economy unfolding a trip to the middle east. The received mixed reviews. The white house is clearly relishing. This news she Ebert Nancy Al Jazeera washington al jazeera. So ali latifah report style from close to the scene of the drone, striking cobble were here in the neighbourhood where im in, although he was allegedly killed. And as you can see, this is a perfectly residential area. Theres travel agencies, theres grocery stores, theres banks, all of these things are leading to increasing worry among the u. S. Who feel that the outcry, the leader was being housed in a perfectly residential urban center of the city. And at the same time, the tall a bon is upset that a year after their occupation ended, the u. S. Is still conducting drone strike on what they consider to be sovereign avalon territory tension is escalating between the u. S. And china as reports say that how Speaker Nancy Pelosi could landed taiwan within hours follows his left a hotel and call a lump up. But its unclear whether she is on american plane thats taken off from malaysia plywood. Hes media so that shell arrive later on tuesday despite warnings from beijing of consequences. The 1st ship, transporting ukrainian grain under an internationally broke a deal is heading for istanbul after leaving the ukrainian port of desa. On monday, its expected to talk in a stumble for inspection on witness tape before going on to lebanon. Signals been held in for a palestinian teenager in janine and the occupied westbank. 17 year old dela caterine was killed on monday during filess, with israeli forces. Illinois for us basketball star, britney grider says that her drugs trial in russia should be over very soon. Last week, washington stepped up diplomatic efforts to secure her release. But on tuesday the kremlin warned that any talk of a possible prisoner swap must be discreet. Greiner, as pleaded guilty to drugs, charges but deny is trying to break the law. A new coven, 19 infections to prison sharply and south korea, with more than 100000 recorded on tuesday. Health Officials Say the highly contagious on the chron variant is behind the such. Others the headline is what he is. He handles 0 off to out of your investigations. Blue moon. Ah, his ear is investigative unit, is in the caribbean to expose a corrupt trade. And how that funs election. Ah dominique, his Prime Minister, has Just Announced the date of their next election. Is one. This suits to so more a our investigation reveals how the sale of diplomatic ah, sports helps keep politicians empower. Oh, its the definition of corruption crush and one on one day. We dont use the word bribe. Well just use the word i. Token of appreciation. We show how a former Prime Minister acted as a broker in a secret deal worse for the current Prime Ministers of dominique and grenada said to have been paid by wealthy foreigners wanting to be diplomats something they strongly deny. Today as i have started us 250000 less your hot, really hot than the price will go over a 1000000. You know what 1000000. 00 us dollars can do that alone could finance or the next year . We ask why some ambassadors to the United Nations dont meet you ends own standard on who should be a diplomat. I find out rates that the un accepts these appointments and we reveal how and iranian now serving 20 years in jail helped pay for an election in return for a title. I couldnt call him ali anyway, if you could call me excellency. July 2019. Our Investigative Team is in panama to meet olivia sarah fin. Hes a former Prime Minister of dominique, her whats going on to say around the home. Hes just had meetings in dominique hoping to set out a secret deal. The corrupt sale of a diplomatic passport. He doesnt know our Undercover Team is filming for the wrong. So i for the real estate privacy should addition for him. Youre all good. Im so up front sedans. Im resources for 7 30 pm serv in thinks our undercover reporter is a middle man for a wealthy european businessman living in asia. Hes willing to pay to become dominique his ambassador to the philippines and entitled to accept the magic passport. Remarks in front of me to doctor hospital for the whole thread in its very only dominique, his Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerritt, could make that appointment after 15 years in power 3 election winds. Hes now campaigning. In a 4th election, serafina says hes already heard from a contract and the Prime Minister scare it would expect to be paid for his own. But there were some issues with the picture of a new install this on some of his friends, ill be for the one position to skirt with him. Some huge amount of money for himself. Ah 3 months earlier wherein dominique the carnival week. The election could be called any time in the next year and the floats already echo early campaigning. One ban stems out is free. Booze on alpha. Now the only flight with the Police Escort the bands patron is Prime Ministers, garrets wife . Not all the late scene pro government several belt out a clip, so its a direct attack on the Prime Minister. Ah, what i said with the lyrics referred to as scandal involving the Prime Minister, a criminal on the run and did the kinetic passport al jazeera can now reveal the full story, which is never been told. Although widely joked about a my dominique, a trade house was a venture, started in 2014, not in domenico, but half a world away. It was set up in malaysia to promote links between the 2 countries. The man behind my dominique trade house was neither dominique and nor malaysian, but iranian allie raised them on for it. Pollys a very flamboyant, but it was like maggie, he has his way of pulling people to him to show him this richness dishes power. This is how you can succeed, manageable are, and his wife care and have never spoken before about what they witnessed. First hand blogs, the malaysian businessman recruited by alam on fred to run my dominique trade house in kuala lumpur. He says they organized lavish promotions, attended by senior dominique and politicians, who expected give us a smuggling pens, follows, led away katya waters, jewelry. We had them bars of little 100 gram. Each picked up with my dominic thought treehouse stamped on it and went off in savannah with each of those balls 1015000 after 6 months of hosting several dominique delegations. Monford welcome, dominique is Prime Minister. Roosevelt, scary to malaysia. He came with a present for ali mon, for it. Ali received his diplomatic passport to the hands of the Prime Minister, blissfully. When he came down to hannibal, he had a big lavish body and he announced that i just done my passport. If i missed his giving him a possible. Ringback an iranian element for it was now dominique is ambassador maneesha. He was the high mean cloud 9 like he was saying when he was a kid, his excellency, call him excellency. I couldnt call him ali anyway. You said, no, you can call me excellency. The rules of diplomatic relations were laid down by the United Nations in the Vienna Convention. Ambassadors can live tax free in the country. Theyre appointed to diplomatic bags, cant be opened. The homes and embassies cant be set up and ambassadors, unruly lucre. Monroe, manfredi quickly exploits that at the my dominique trade house office in kuala lumper. A rowdy party, leads to a police raid training helps them out and they went straight to the office. Ali locked himself behind the office door, and all he did was showed his diplomatic passport and said, im a different. Thats when the police just walked away. The bellows say they paid for the house, which became mon, for its home, and the dominique and embassy. We had only right behind this house on 1500 macau paris. Making a record neighbors were complaining. It is a prime. Christie state. One friend throws a house party and quizzes other ambassadors on the perks of his new job volume. Ask him what immunity . What perfection, what benefits can you carry . Cash when your backs be checked . Weve obtained a secretly recorded conversation from the party. Its between them then jordanian ambassador and alley mon, fred. Austin. Im sorry, he said i talked to him today. I think theyre wanting me just if you receive it, it was a gosh, yes, you are a community, especially the bus a 11, the number that i think its completely wrong to have a conversation about the pers, these are guarantees that you can conduct your business on behalf of a nation state without being interfered with mark stevens is an expert on diplomatic law. Being an ambassador, as somebody who represents at the highest levels and with the highest levels of private in integrity, their country and their countrys interest. Invariably, that person is a citizen of a national domiciled of the country who appoints them with our investigation as found dozens of examples of caribbean governments, appointing foreigners as their diplomats around the world time. And again, we find that these small countries often after bribes a paid, well qualified people with no connection, no experience, but who are international criminal, so whom i need for some dubious reason. The protection, the shield of diplomatic humanity, and they buy it, which is us handle an international scandal. Jeffrey robertson was involved when the abusive diplomatic passports 1st became known. He acted for the wife of a wealthy saudi. She sued her husband for a divorce. Settlement in the British Courts, but will lead to folly, didnt want to pay. So how do you get out of a law that everyone else escrow . A very, very simple sale off to since lucia. And lo and behold, no time, he was made the ambassador to the International Maritime organization. And he never turned back for 2 years, never turn off. And yet, when his wife lay made an application for money, he claimed immunity. Diplomatic immunity is a sheal. Now, that was obviously outrageous. A British Court eventually agreed with his former wife. Diplomatic immunity didnt apply in a civil divorce case. With criminal immunity, only applies in the country, and ambassador is appointed to her. Iranian almond for a didnt know that when he thought a diplomatic passport was the answer to all his problems. Theres problems began on the malaysian island of level one in 201218 months before on fred. Set up my job and he could trade house a menache black family, ran a shipping business in lab one ali mon, fred contacted him claiming to be an agent for the radiant government. Wanting his help. Youre on being in a sanction. They had problems in moving your i specialize in marine logistics. My knowledge believes solution to International Sanctions of selling iranian oil was to disguise where it came from. Ships would come in from iran, loaded up with hope. Mm. Which has ent, he think, is parked outside the mothership. Come along 5 our bank with there were discharged oil onto our storage facilities. The oil, the stores out the see, 4 months of times. We wait for winter to come to china because the price goes up and, and this is the ship with common loss. I think this is a direct route straight to china. The will be in shallow it in 14 days after a year it became known. China was buying iranian oil, so they closed down the operation. What managed bola didnt know was manfred was skimming off the profits stealing from his own iranian government room by 2014. They were off to him as an iranian citizen, he was vulnerable to arrest. He needed another passport. Mon, for it would not leave his house. He was so scared, a phone call would come. He would jump a knock at the door, slowly materialize. Why . And away she had to find another citizenship. Ah, its called citizenship by investment. And its a major source of income for caribbean and european countries. Its legal, the controversial wealthy families from asia, the middle east, and russia, invest around a quarter of a 1000000. 00 in luxury resorts or a government scheme. In return, they get citizenship and a new passport which allows visa, free travel to many countries. Tom fred took menache belong with him to dominique or to buy a passport through citizenship by investment to help mon for its case will r primed him with other in jasmine ideas for the island officials was so impressed they suggested a meeting with Prime Minister skerritt. I wind up a few days, i was in a casual mode. In my shots infusion. I had the brochure and a fans from the front desk. Get myself prepared. Since i was gonna be meeting, the Prime Minister managed blah says he did most of the talking and reasonable scary immediately made him an offer. Not the kind of passport given to foreign investors, but an upgrade to a diplomatic cross court. The conversation scare it says he doesnt remember. Why dont you be our ambassador at lodge . Straightaway there is a formal ambassador shattered away ambassador at lodge. I declined. I said, thought, im a businessman, nob Leticia Montfort than another and said to me, he said, are you out of your mind an opportunity like this and you declined it. Did. Wilford said he why he wanted the deposit of your hospital, but he said, i get diplomatic immunity. Complete. I dont have to be worried about the iranians ah, were investigating whether a former dominique and Prime Minister can broker a deal to make our candidate dominique, his ambassador in the philippines, and what it will cost. Were talking about. I think with me, brush, maybe the front seat with on the sarah think in firms. Diplomatic passports can be bought even by criminals. Are starting to really think of any type of box yet. He lives on the chair, his office, which thinks ive been someone boss moves ashbury bureau, i confessions of those person for being on the international o. C o z o has affects. Yeah. My longer in this doctor. Ah, those include english sang, while a diplomat for dominique. He bribe u. N. Officials now jailed in america. Italian, Francesco Corolla gambling tycoon. Designated a un ambassador awaiting trial for fraud. After being on intervals most wanted list. Is this gonna be like a house of doors . Los gary, my workmates for me. So that was all. Yeah. So ross issue because i much all she fall to see just in a Perfect World it would be really nice to do this diplomatic passport style and have the money go to the right place. You know, i dont, if i hear you throughout the whole court are we unfortunately with our investigation also takes us to grenada. Prime minister, Keith Mitchell has been in power for most of the last 25 years. His diplomatic choices dont seem to conform to the spirit of the Vienna Convention that ambassadors should be nationals of the country. And full time diplomats. Many of grenades as ambassadors are foreigners, with business links to the island. Although theres no suggestion, these diplomats paid for their appointments. Oh leg fire at runs of the Internet Firm in miami, while grenade is ambassador to most gum sal coley, heads a global company. While a unesco ambassador in paris now keeps a weariness designated grenade as ambassador to france, but never accepted by the french. Ah, so where is, is one of egypt richest men . He owns the luxury silva sands on grenade is. Premier beach is now building phase 2 further along the bay local sphere expansion into the