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    • Friday, 22 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine22 min
      How London became the dirty money capital of the world

      Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts 'Londongrad' in the spotlight

    • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Tory donor who made fortune in Russia drops case against former MP

      UK data protection trial was expected to shine a light on Conservative party fundraising

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      Law
      Calls for reform of England’s libel laws to prevent abuse by wealthy litigants

      Journalists tell MPs the legal system made cases ‘too expensive to defend’ and was having a ‘chilling effect’ on free speech

    • Monday, 14 March, 2022
      Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
      ENRC drops lawsuit against FT and journalist Tom Burgis

      Kazakh mining group drops libel claim against newspaper and its reporter over book on ‘dirty money’

    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
      Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
      Libel claim against Financial Times journalist thrown out

      UK High Court dismisses action brought by mining group ENRC over ‘dirty money’ book

    • Friday, 11 February, 2022
      News in-depthConservative Party UK
      Tory fundraising machine to come under scrutiny in UK court case

      Conservative donor suing former MP over handling of his personal data

    • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
      The Big Read
      Nazarbayev and the power struggle over Kazakhstan’s future

      The protests looked as if they might sweep aside the former dictator and his allies but much of the old order could remain

    • Monday, 4 October, 2021
      Conservative Party UK
      Labour calls on Tories to return donations from businessman linked to scandal

      Boris Johnson rejects demand, saying gifts from Mohamed Amersi were vetted ‘in the normal way’

    • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
      UK political party funding
      Tory chair failed to disclose client ties with Middle East envoys

      More concerns that Ben Elliot is blurring line between commercial and political activities

    • Friday, 6 August, 2021
      UK political party funding
      Tory donors use PR firm part-owned by chief fundraiser Ben Elliot

      FT reveals three major party donors that have hired company co-founded by Conservative co-chair

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      UK political party funding
      Tory chair accused of mixing business and political interests

      Former MP says Ben Elliot did not reveal party donor was client of his concierge service

    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      UK political party funding
      New claims raise questions over Tory donor’s Russian business links

      Mohamed Amersi disputes claims $4m payment came from company owned by Putin’s then telecoms minister

    • Friday, 30 July, 2021
      Best FT Weekend long reads of 2021
      Inside Boris Johnson’s money network

      The UK prime minister’s own finances may be shambolic, but a secretive donor club is transforming his party’s fortunes

    • Friday, 30 July, 2021
      UK political party funding
      Elite Tory donors club holds secret meetings with Johnson and Sunak

      Conservative ‘Advisory Board’ is part of co-chair Ben Elliot’s mission to modernise governing party’s fundraising efforts

    • Wednesday, 7 July, 2021
      The Big Read
      The donor, the Russian deals and the Conservative money machine

      Mohamed Amersi, a major donor, is involved in a legal fight over a proposal that would extend his influence within the UK’s ruling party

    • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
      Special ReportIllicit Goods and Services
      Will ‘Global Britain’ clamp down on money laundering?

      Regulatory easing after Brexit risks attracting more dirty money to London

    • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
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      British businessman strikes Venezuela mining deal despite US sanctions

      Experts warn Basil Shiblaq risks becoming a target of US sanctions designed to choke Nicolás Maduro’s regime

    • Monday, 8 February, 2021
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    • Saturday, 6 February, 2021
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    • Monday, 14 December, 2020
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      Exchanges indicate staff at listed group were asked to make holiday arrangements for top officials in London and Paris

    • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
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      The secret scheme to skim millions off central Asia’s pipeline megaproject

      Leaked documents indicate profits from Kazakh and Chinese state contracts were diverted

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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 divert profits from state contracts

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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
      Pakistan
      Pakistan demands UK send ex-PM Nawaz Sharif home to be jailed

      Former leader has been in London for nearly a year after temporary release from prison on medical grounds

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      Lilly Covid drug, Vatican derivatives, UK mining corruption probe

      Drugmaker seeks emergency approval for antibody treatment

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