The Oligarchs l Al Jazeera Investigations
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Published 2018-01-07
The scheme involves using a web of offshore companies and international lawyers to raid US$160 million dollars under the noses of the authorities.
The money is effectively being stolen for a second time… the funds were initially frozen by Ukraine’s courts after its former president, Viktor Yanukovych, was discovered to have emptied the country’s treasury.
The Oligarchs include an exiled gas billionaire guarded by Russian special forces, a Moscow property magnate and an Olympic show jumper on the run from Ukrainian authorities.
The investigation shines light on the ever shifting battle between the oligarchs and global financial regulators.
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All Comments (21)
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I don't understand why people hate Al Jazeera. They bring us real, investigative documentaries. Top notch journalism. Thanks AJ
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Now do this investigation on western politicians
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You know what's insane? The notion oligarchs don't exist outside of Russia. They're in every country, especially the US and Europe
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I'm watching this to educate myself about corruption, and to try to understand how it relates to what is happening in the Ukraine today, and how the actions of the rest of the world may have played a part.
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This type of pure investigative journalism is very rare now
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Well done Al Jazeera, i give you credit for that.
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This documentary is an excellent example of investigative journalism in its purest form. Well done!
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Journalism founded in truth, without reliance to motives or motivations other than law & order focused on nothing but the truth without reservations = great journalism.
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Money is the religion of the greedy people who have no morals or conscious of right and wrong.
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Excellent reporting. Disturbing to say in the least..
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Well done Al Jazeera for an excellent deep dive documentary. The BBC could learn a lot from the overall quality of your news and programmes. It sickens me to hear about such corruption. What sickens me even more is how London is the money laundering capital of the world. As a UK citizen I am deeply embarrassed and ashamed of this.
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The time invested to prepare must have been enormous. I don't think anyone will be brought to justice. They only disappear into a new home somewhere quietly and happily.
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Great investigative journalism - sad for the ordinary people of Ukraine that it will have absolutely no impact on corruption and they feel they are powerless to do nything about it.
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Dude Al Jazeera is possibly the best news channel in the world , no joke . The docs they have are absolutely amazingly done , amazing shots , editing , narration of picking of subject matter . The people they have on are all of the finest intellectuals you can find and they know how good AJ is so that’s why they do it
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This oligarchs would make Jeff Bezos look like a peasant.
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Great story. Well done. Thank you
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Was so happy you were on it and have been waiting for this! THANK YOU! Thank you to all of you who worked on it. You are the definition of investigative journalism. (Even if the results are effing depressing the world over – what and how they are doing must be made known).
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Thanks, now make a special on "Monarchs", and include your masters in that documentary
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Greed and corruption is a sickness. It's hard to imagine normal human beings being so monstrous . if courts are corrupt everywhere, is the International Court also sick and corrupt. Why are these activities not stopped?
