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  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    KAZ Minerals PLC
    Emails raise fresh questions about mining group’s Kazakh ties

    Exchanges indicate staff at listed group were asked to make holiday arrangements for top officials in London and Paris

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    The secret scheme to skim millions off central Asia’s pipeline megaproject

    Leaked documents indicate Kazakh president’s son-in-law Timur Kulibayev profited from state contracts

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    The document trail that pointed to a secret pipeline scheme

    Key extracts from evidence seen by the FT indicating a set-up designed to enrich Kazakh billionaire Timur Kulibayev

  • Saturday, 14 November, 2020
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    Kleptopia — dirty money’s tangled web of deceit

    Tom Burgis’ probe shines a light on the legalised secrecy within the financial system

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
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    Former leader has been in London for nearly a year after temporary release from prison on medical grounds

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    Deaths of potential witnesses have alarmed investigators looking into ENRC, the mining house that operates in a dangerous world

  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
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    UK mining group arranged Paris trip for Kazakh prime minister’s family

    Kazakhmys organised private jet, Disneyland visit and George V hotel stay, drawing scrutiny under anti-bribery law

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  • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
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    The battle over fugitive billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov stretches from Kazakhstan to Knightsbridge

  • Friday, 15 September, 2017
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    UK raises terror alert level after attack injures 29

    Prime minister announces threat is critical as hunt continues for London train bomber

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2017
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    Former UBS banker Mahmoud Thiam ‘channelled $8.5m to mansion purchase and school fees’

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