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5 September 2017 Today's Top Story Global: The Azerbaijani Laundromat
OCCRP The Azerbaijani Laundromat is a complex money-laundering operation and slush fund that handled $2.9 billion over a two-year period through four shell companies registered in the UK. Members of Azerbaijanâs ruling elite were using the slush fund to pay off European politicians, buy luxury goods, launder money, and otherwise benefit themselves. Other News Brazil: Brazilian police raid Olympic Committee president's home in Rio 2016 Olympics corruption investigation
The Independent Denmark: Danske Bank hires former head of intelligence agency to fight money laundering
Reuters Mexico: Report on Mexican attorney general's Ferrari drives corruption debate
Reuters Blog/Opinion Azerbaijan: Azerbaijani Laundromat shows how regime robs its people to feed itself
The Guardian Brazil: Brazil engulfed in a corruption scandal with plots as convoluted as a telenovela
The Miami Herald From Transparency International Blog: Why Denmarkâs banks are easy targets
Feature: Azerbaijani Laundromat: grand corruption and how to buy influence
Press Releas: Politicians and businesses paid to launder Azerbaijanâs image using slush fund must be sanctioned
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