Investigations

Ravo Ramasomanana, a former civil servant of the Malagasy Ministry of Public Health Procurement Service, came forward as a whistleblower shedding light on irregularities associated with the awarding of a public contract for the construction of a renal transplant centre at Andohatapenara University Hospital. The construction of this centre started in 2019. In a video…

Congo Hold-Up, the largest leak from the African continent to date, reveals how the commercial bank BGFIBank has been used to plunder the Democratic Republic of Congo’s public funds and natural resources, largely for the enrichment of former President Joseph Kabila’s inner circle. For more information on Congo Hold-up, please visit the investigation’s website: https://congoholdup.com…

The Disclosures of Two Whistleblowers on the Troubling Practices of a Congolese Bank On July 2nd, 2020, bank documents collected and then transmitted by the whistleblowers Gradi Koko Lobanga and Navy Malela Mawani had allowed Global Witness and PPLAAF to publicly reveal the use of Afriland First Bank CD by billionaire Dan Gertler to bypass US…

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The Fishrot revelations, disclosed by whistleblower Johannes Stefansson, show how Icelandic fishing company Samherji paid millions of dollars, through tax heavens such as Cyprus and the Marshall Islands, to bribe high level officials in Namibia in exchange for trawling rights. With an annual turnover of $700 million, Samherji is one of the largest fishing companies…

On July 2nd, 2020, a joint investigation by PPLAAF and Global Witness, “Undermining sanctions”, uncovered evidence indicating controversial mining magnate Dan Gertler allegedly used an international money laundering network to attempt to evade US sanctions and continue doing business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This scheme seems to have allowed him to funnel…