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In an 18 month investigation, @AJIUnit uncovered the Caribbean politicians accused of selling diplomatic passports to wealthy foreigners and criminals for bribes.
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In an 18 month investigation, @AJIUnit uncovered the Caribbean politicians accused of selling diplomatic passports to wealthy foreigners and criminals for bribes.
Watch #DiplomatsForSale here: https://aje.io/knrp2
Immunity from prosecution
No bag searches
Pay zero tax
With these perks, itâs easy to see why a diplomatic passport is hot property.
Our investigation reveals whoâs selling them.
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No bag searches
Pay zero tax
With these perks, itâs easy to see why a diplomatic passport is hot property.
Our investigation reveals whoâs selling them.
Watch #DiplomatsForSale: https://aje.io/knrp2
Dominica has a record of appointing controversial foreigners as ambassadors.
Iranian businessman Ali Monfared was one of them.
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Iranian businessman Ali Monfared was one of them.
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Former Nigerian minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was also a diplomat for Dominica.
She is accused of looting billions of dollars in oil revenue.
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She is accused of looting billions of dollars in oil revenue.
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Grenadaâs PM, Keith Mitchell is also accused of selling diplomatic passports.
Eric Resteiner claims he paid $500,000 in cash and says he filmed the meeting as insurance.
Mitchell denies this.
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Eric Resteiner claims he paid $500,000 in cash and says he filmed the meeting as insurance.
Mitchell denies this.
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Even talking about this subject in the Caribbean can land you in hot water.
We joined a radio discussion in Grenada on diplomatic passports.
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We joined a radio discussion in Grenada on diplomatic passports.
This is what happened: https://aje.io/knrp2 #DiplomatsForSale
Our investigation also raises questions for the United Nations.
We found UN Ambassadors who donât meet their own standards on who should be a diplomat.
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We found UN Ambassadors who donât meet their own standards on who should be a diplomat.
Watch #DiplomatsForSale: https://aje.io/knrp2
This is a story exposing how wealth and corruption can undermine democracy in some of the worldâs smallest nations.
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Watch #DiplomatsForSale now: https://aje.io/knrp2
Read more on our investigation #DiplomatsForSale here: https://aje.io/wz2rt
