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View ArticleThe Steinmetz affair 1/4: The Mountain
In the first of a four-part series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis tells the story of the intercontinental legal battle that has broken out among big mining companies over the iron ore...
View ArticleThe Steinmetz affair 2/4: The dictator's wife
In the second episode of the Steinmetz tale, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis uncovers the story of a Guinean dictator’s wife, a French intermediary and a multi-million dollar bribery scheme....
View ArticleThe Steinmetz affair 3/4: The Inquiry
In the third episode of the Simandou saga, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis reveals how BSG Resources lost its multi-billion dollar iron ore rights in Guinea, and its attempt to fight back....
View ArticleThe Steinmetz affair 4/4: The Magnate
In the final episode of the series, FT investigations correspondent Tom Burgis looks at the man behind BSGR, the mining company at the heart of an intercontinental corruption probe. Find out more at...
View ArticleCyber Insecurity: The fight back
Are hackers winning the battle for cyber security? FT West Coast editor Richard Waters speaks with San Francisco correspondent Hannah Kuchler and investigations correspondent Kara Scannell to discuss...
View ArticleHanergy and China's corporate debt spiral 1/2: Flying high
For a few short months, Chinese entrepreneur Li Hejun became the richest man in China. FT reporters Miles Johnson and Lucy Hornby tell the story of the dramatic rise of his solar energy company, and...
View ArticleHanergy and China's corporate debt spiral 2/2: The crash
In May last year Hanergy, a little known Chinese solar energy company, was worth almost $40bn, at least on paper. But in one brutal half hour of trading in Hong Kong, its shares came crashing down. FT...
View ArticleGlobal land disputes
Global market forces are coming into conflict with local populations as the commercial value of land increases. Tom Burgis, Michael Peel and Pilita Clark travelled to Myanmar, Indonesia and Ethiopia to...
View ArticleBritain's troubled nuclear plans
Britain's nuclear plans are in trouble after the French company building and designing a new facility at Hinkley Point said it needed more funds to proceed. Tom Burgis discusses what's behind the...
View ArticleThe Panama Papers and the role of tax havens
The leaked “Panama Papers” show how a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, secretly shepherded a web of offshore accounts that resulted in billions of dollars in transactions passing through its...
View ArticleAmerica's prairie tax haven
South Dakota's role as a prairie tax haven has gained unwanted attention since the release of the Panama Papers, an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which has...
View ArticleUnravelling how the secrecy industry works
Through his investigation into the London operations of Swiss bank BSI, Tom Burgis has looked into the nuts and bolts of how some banks help clients hide their money from tax authorities. He talks to...
View ArticleMcKinsey's secretive investment arm
McKinsey, one of the world’s most influential consulting firms, has built up a secretive $5bn internal investment arm that manages the fortunes of its past and present partners, raising questions over...
View ArticleIs Isis winning the cyberwar against the west?
Was Omar Mateen persuaded by Islamist propaganda to carry out his attack on the Orlando nightclub? How can western security agencies fight back against jihadi websites or predict those most likely to...
View ArticleCambodia falls for China's corporate embrace
China has a controversial history in Cambodia, where it was the main foreign supporter of the genocidal Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. These days China is pouring money into the country at an unprecedented...
View ArticleAfghan trailblazers
Afghanistan has made great strides in areas of womens' education and employment, in spite of the insecurity and violence that dominate the headlines. Freelance producer Catriona Oliphant visited the...
View ArticleIs Britain's privatisation model broken?
Years of austerity and rising bills in the UK have eroded the consensus that private companies could run utilities more cheaply and efficiently than the state and opposition politicians are calling for...
View ArticleHow to fix Britain's privatised railways
There are two ways of looking at Britain’s rail privatisation story. If you focus on usage, it looks like a success. But look at the cost and level of passenger satisfaction and the picture is not...
View ArticlePFI: a costly mistake?
The UK's private finance initiative was designed as an alternative way to fund the building of hospitals, schools and other infrastructure. But was it a costly mistake? Matthew Vincent is joined by the...
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