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CRIMINAL GANGS ARE LOGGING THE WORLD’S LAST BRAZILWOOD TREES TO MAKE VIOLIN BOWS

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P&ID SCANDAL: INSIDERS FROM SHELL COMPANY EMBROILED IN $11-BILLION CORRUPTION
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CRIMINAL GANGS ARE LOGGING THE WORLD’S LAST BRAZILWOOD TREES TO MAKE VIOLIN BOWS

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Inside Pau Brasil National Park, some of the last Brazilwood trees left in the
wild are being illegally logged to make bows for stringed instruments.

Felled Brazilwood in the Pau Brasil National Park. (Photo: Joana Moncau)

Read more: Criminal Gangs are Logging the World’s Last Brazilwood Trees to Make
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P&ID SCANDAL: INSIDERS FROM SHELL COMPANY EMBROILED IN $11-BILLION CORRUPTION
CASE ADMIT MISCONDUCT

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The co-founder of an offshore firm that won a controversial $6.6 billion
arbitration award after arguing that Nigeria failed to fulfill an energy
contract has admitted in a London court that the company and its affiliates had
previously engaged in financial misconduct and deception –– including
unexplained payments to senior officials, and falsifying invoices.

At the English High Court, P&ID insiders recognized acts of deception and
financial misconduct stretching over close to two decades of business activities
in Nigeria. (Photo: Michael Heath/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Wagner Group, Russia’s infamous paramilitary organization, is well-known for
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IGNORING WARNING SIGNS, US RETIREMENT MANAGER TIAA BOUGHT FARMS FROM ALLEGED
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TIAA has always insisted that its joint ventures with Brazilian sugar company
Cosan invest responsibly. But leaked documents show they ignored a litany of red
flags when buying farms in a region long known for land grabbing.



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THE SHADOW INVESTOR

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Khabibula Abdukadyr ran a Central Asian trading empire built on collusion with
corrupt customs officials, was accused of laundering hundreds of millions in
profits abroad — and got exposed. But far from being prosecuted, he and his
family have only grown in influence, investing in dozens of high-profile
projects around the world.



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THE ABDUKADYR FAMILY MADE A FORTUNE IN COLLUSION WITH CORRUPT CENTRAL ASIAN
OFFICIALS. NOW THEY'VE BUILT A GLOBAL BUSINESS EMPIRE.

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Their trading monopoly, built on bribery and alleged smuggling, was exposed. But
that hasn't stopped the secretive Khabibula Abdukadyr and his relatives. With
new political alliances and projects worth billions around the world, they’re
more powerful than ever.



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THEY WERE ACCUSED OF SMUGGLING. NOW THEY’RE PARTNERING WITH THE UZBEK STATE.

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The Abdukadyr family earned hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to their
alliance with corrupt officials in neighboring Kyrgyzstan. Now their trading
business is booming in Uzbekistan — where President Mirziyoyev’s government has
welcomed them with open arms.



Read more: They Were Accused of Smuggling. Now They’re Partnering With the Uzbek
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WITH BACKING FROM UZBEK STATE, FAMILY IMPLICATED IN SMUGGLING SECRETLY FUNDS THE
TRANSFORMATION OF TASHKENT’S SKYLINE

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President Mirziyoyev promised reforms and transparency. But among the top
foreign investors pouring money into his new Uzbekistan are the Abdukadyrs, a
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THE LIES THAT KEPT A CENTRAL ASIAN MONEY LAUNDERER'S CASH FLOWING

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For years, the Abdukadyr family’s self-confessed money launderer sent their
money abroad using a variety of invented pretexts. Some U.S. bank officers got
suspicious — but the transactions continued.



Read more: The Lies That Kept A Central Asian Money Launderer's Cash Flowing



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