On December 19, 2003, brothers Juan Paulo and Ian Carl Garcia arrived at San Francisco International Airport off a flight from Manila. Headed through customs, US officials asked them the routine question: “Do you have anything to declare?”
Monaco, a sun-washed microstate on the Mediterranean, is rocked by allegations of corruption and exorbitant spending.
Daniel Ortega has led Nicaragua's descent into dictatorship. For a special audio edition of Whale Hunting, reporter Clara Preve spoke to Samantha, an activist who stood up against Ortega's regime and paid the price. Scroll down to skip straight to their conversation.
After global law enforcement started chasing Jho Low and his stolen billions, he came up with an elaborate new money laundering venture via Kuwait, according to new court documents.
Flying cars. Robot maids. Glow in the dark sand. Billions of trees planted in a country surrounded by desert. NEOM aspires to be the “safest, most efficient, most future-oriented, and best place to live and work” in the kingdom.
