An Afghan official accused of human rights abuses, a Libyan colonel who served under Gaddafi, and Saddam Hussein’s top nuclear scientist are among those who bought citizenship from the tiny Caribbean country.
The Caribbean state of Dominica has sold citizenship to thousands of individuals including a former Afghan spymaster, a Turkish millionaire convicted of fraud and a former Libyan colonel under Muammar Gaddafi, the first detailed examination of the country’s controversial “golden passports” scheme has found.
In a cross-border project, Government Accountability Project, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), and more than a dozen media partners have investigated fugitives, alleged criminals, and politically connected people who purchased citizenship and passports in the Caribbean island, Dominica.
A watch dog group based in Washington is suing the EPA for records regarding its response to the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine. This article features Government Accountability Project and was originally published here. A watch dog group based in Washington is suing the EPA for records regarding its response to the [...]
Rolling Stone: Grifter Arms Dealer is Only the Second American Convicted of Torture This article was written by Government Accountability Project Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, Ross Roggio, a 54-year old former paratrooper and con artist from Stroudsbourg, Pennsylvania, was the second American ever indicted for torture. Now, he’s [...]
Rolling Stones: Guns, Grift, and Gore: The Life and Times of an Arms-Dealing Hustler This article was written by Government Accountability Project's investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. HEN ROSS ROGGIO and his then-mistress arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport in February 2017, officers from several U.S. government agencies were waiting [...]
Afghanistan ex-president Ashraf Ghani’s Corruption Exposed This article was written by Government Accountability Project’s Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. When OCCRP reported that former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had granted access to a company, part-owned by his brother, the rights to buy illegally mined artisanal chromite across Afghanistan, the government was [...]
How Oligarchs Stash Money in Foreign Real Estate This article is written by Government Accountability Project’s Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. On his website, Virginia property lawyer Dan Withers boasts that he can make your money invisible. From offshore companies to private trusts, he offers “innovative legal strategies” to his mega-rich clients [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 9, 2021 Government Accountability Rebuts Kurdish Prime Minister’s Libel A Government Accountability Project investigation, published in the American Prospect revealed Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, was the secret owner of a $18.3 million pharmacy in Miami, Florida through anonymous shell companies. Rather than addressing the serious allegations, [...]
Cowboy Drugstore This article is written by Government Accountability Project’s Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. A few blocks from the water, in the heart of Miami’s glitzy South Beach, is a drugstore not like the others. Tourists buying sunscreen and straw hats from the CVS on Washington Avenue are financing a [...]