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Paradise Bust: Scandal in the British Virgin Islands
When the premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in a drugs sting in Miami, what did British government officials know about the operation?
Slow Newscast
A coup at Claridge’s: Qatar’s quiet move on London
A tiny Gulf state has bought up some of Britain’s prized assets. But at what cost?
Sensemaker Audio
The Guptas arrested in Dubai
Two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. They’re wanted by South Africa on criminal and money-laundering charges. But will they be extradited?
Londongrad
Episode 3: Project Venus
There comes a moment in any successful invasion of a country when you can no longer hide, your plans have to become obvious. It’s a moment of jeopardy but if you can get through it – as Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev did in Britain when they bought first the Evening Standard and later The Independent – then the scale of your ambitions can shift dramatically
Londongrad
Episode 2: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Moscow
The oligarchs who made their way to London in the early 2000s and changed it presented themselves as embodiments of the new Russia; members of the global elite, and arms-length beneficiaries of Vladimir Putin’s new order, not slaves to it. Those were the terms on which Britain let them in, but it was mugged
Londongrad
Episode 1: The advance party
Britain prides itself on being impregnable; a country which hasn’t been invaded for 1000 years and can’t be bought. The Lebedevs give the lie to all that. They spent a lot, but not a fortune, buying their way into British public life. And they did it in a way which perhaps nobody had tried before: they amused the people who mattered
Sensemaker
The family that crashed a country
Running Sri Lanka is the Rajapaksa family business. Gotabaya is the president and at one point last year there were five of them in the cabinet. Now the country is on the verge of economic collapse.
Sensemaker
A new Marcos for the Philippines
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr has won the presidency of the Philippines by a landslide. But he’s not the first Ferdinand Marcos to rule the country. Why is his election so historic?
Slow Newscast
Paradise Bust: Scandal in the British Virgin Islands
When the premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in a drugs sting in Miami, what did British government officials know about the operation?
Slow Newscast
A coup at Claridge’s: Qatar’s quiet move on London
A tiny Gulf state has bought up some of Britain’s prized assets. But at what cost?
Sensemaker Audio
The Guptas arrested in Dubai
Two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. They’re wanted by South Africa on criminal and money-laundering charges. But will they be extradited?
Londongrad
Episode 3: Project Venus
There comes a moment in any successful invasion of a country when you can no longer hide, your plans have to become obvious. It’s a moment of jeopardy but if you can get through it – as Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev did in Britain when they bought first the Evening Standard and later The Independent – then the scale of your ambitions can shift dramatically
Londongrad
Episode 2: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Moscow
The oligarchs who made their way to London in the early 2000s and changed it presented themselves as embodiments of the new Russia; members of the global elite, and arms-length beneficiaries of Vladimir Putin’s new order, not slaves to it. Those were the terms on which Britain let them in, but it was mugged
Londongrad
Episode 1: The advance party
Britain prides itself on being impregnable; a country which hasn’t been invaded for 1000 years and can’t be bought. The Lebedevs give the lie to all that. They spent a lot, but not a fortune, buying their way into British public life. And they did it in a way which perhaps nobody had tried before: they amused the people who mattered
Sensemaker
The family that crashed a country
Running Sri Lanka is the Rajapaksa family business. Gotabaya is the president and at one point last year there were five of them in the cabinet. Now the country is on the verge of economic collapse.
Sensemaker
A new Marcos for the Philippines
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr has won the presidency of the Philippines by a landslide. But he’s not the first Ferdinand Marcos to rule the country. Why is his election so historic?
Sensemaker
Trouble in paradise
The British Virgin Islands has been beset by scandals. The premier was arrested on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering, and a separate inquiry found evidence of state corruption. How did it come to this?
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Sensemaker: Winner takes it all
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I’ve been chasing Greensill for years. Why wasn’t the regulator?
The scandal of David Cameron’s embroilment with the bankrupt supply-chain business is only part of a huge financial story. It is extraordinary that the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has been so passive
Slow View
The fool’s gold of Greensill
The supply chain financing offered by Lex Greensill seemed like a useful tool. But its shiny appeal was deceptive – and the fallout has potentially serious implications for politics, government and fintech. To help you through the thickets, here’s a step-by-step guide.
Greasing the wheels
Dirty money, bloody murder
One year on, an unsolved execution casts a shadow of corruption over Europe