The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit has uncovered evidence implicating high-ranking diplomats in Zimbabwe and some of South Africa’s top banks. Our Gold Mafia investigation invited undercover reporters to visit their headquarters in Dubai, where rival gangs launder vast amounts of money. Al Jazeera’s Alexander James has this report. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us…… Read More
Former US President Donald Trump has arrived at a New York City court to face criminal charges in an investigation into a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The charges against Trump, who is expected to plead not guilty, will be unsealed on Tuesday. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us…… Read More
El Salvador’s government is extending emergency measures brought in a year ago to break the hold of powerful gangs. The crackdown is popular, but critics say the heavy-handed tactics come at a cost to human rights. Al Jazeera’s John Holman has this report. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish…… Read More
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Undercover reporters pose as gangsters with up to a billion dollars of black money that need to be cleaned. They gain remarkable access to members of Africa’s Gold Mafia and film closed door meetings with crime bosses. A senior African ambassador offers to launder $1.2 million using the cover of his diplomatic bag. Criminals offer…… Read More
One of Zimbabwe’s most influential diplomats, Uebert Angel, offered to use his status to launder millions of dollars through a gold-smuggling scheme, during an undercover operation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit). Angel, appointed ambassador-at-large and a presidential envoy by Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa in March 2021, told reporters he would be able to carry…… Read More
Bangladesh is governed by none other than its founding father’s daughter, Sheikh Hasina, who has been in office for more than 14 years. After a large fire burned through the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on March 5, we ask how she is facing the challenges that have been brought on by the refugee…… Read More
Ukraine’s president pledges to push for victory in 2023 as the war enters its second year with no end in sight. Kyiv’s Western allies pour cold water on China’s 12-point plan aimed at securing a “political settlement” to end the conflict. The United States announces a new $2bn package of military aid for Ukraine and…… Read More
A senior police officer in Northern Ireland has been shot and seriously injured. Two gunmen attacked Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in front of his son. Police have arrested 3 men in connection with the shooting. Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find…… Read More
Espionage, secret recordings, spy networks and Middle East political intrigue – inside the dark world of Israeli intelligence-gathering in Turkey. In October 2021, Turkish security services arrested 15 agents suspected of working for Israel’s spy agency Mossad operating in several cities. Then in December 2022, they arrested 44 more people for allegedly leaking information to…… Read More
Bangladesh is on edge following one of the worst spates of anti-Hindu violence in its history. Activists continue to demonstrate in the streets to demand justice, after at least six people were killed and hundreds injured in mob violence around the country. The trouble began with inflammatory social media posts that showed a copy of…… Read More
The Indian government’s decision to ban a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, which left more than a thousand people dead, has become its own story. It has drawn global attention to Modi’s record in office and the subsequent decline of media freedom in the world’s largest democracy.…… Read More