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Money laundering in French real estate
French real estate attracts dirty money from all over the world. By matching government datasets available online, our cross-border team of journalists uncovered…
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Tracking surveillance planes and drones in Somalia
We used an antenna to track surveillance planes that were flying over Somalia, analysing massive amounts of data to find out a few planes flying in perfect circles.…
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Ebola business in Congo
I looked at militarisation and mismanagement (‘Ebola Business’) in the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo through several articles. One…
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The Mines Minister, his wife and the Australian company Sundance resources
(Published in French in Le Monde Afrique) In a Yaoundé notary's office in 2007, a handful of people gathered to close a deal worth over 10 million…
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Quebec's real estate, new hotspot for the wealth of Africa’s rulers?
Politically-exposed Africans and their friends invested a total of $26 million in Québec's real estate since 2000. We uncovered investments by a dozen individuals…
![Poverty on top of gold, the World Bank project in Liberia](https://www.emmanuel-freudenthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Photo-3-The-project-improved-houses-due-to-be-finished-in-January-2014-DSCF2008-small-1.jpeg)
Poverty on top of gold, the World Bank project in Liberia
The World Bank invested $19 millions in an industrial gold mine in Liberia, in the hope of contributing to development. But it only brought poverty and pollution. The…
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A costly lunch with the president's son
It's rare to get a glimpse into how companies and corrupt officials negotiate bribery deals. Documents provided by one of the people involved in such a deal,…
![Virtual mining in Cameroon: corruption, failure and profits](https://www.emmanuel-freudenthal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Signboard-of-the-Geovic-mining-project.-Credit-OKANI-e1490193565965.jpg)
Virtual mining in Cameroon: corruption, failure and profits
In Cameroon, most mining project fail, yet some individuals make millions. This investigation into 'virtual mining' exposed a number of corrupt practices by officials,…