The criminal South African fixer for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is at the center of a web of front companies across Asia. This network has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy up stakes in prominent Thai firms, raising questions about the source of funds.
Despite its contracts with national governments and rumored connections to the Emirati royal family, the UAE’s Venom Foundation presents itself as any other crypto company — undecipherable jargon, vague promises, and all.
Looming over some of the great scandals of recent years is a man who loves big yachts.
Surprised? No, I didn't think so.
The man I'm referring to is Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, a princeling once seen as on an upward trajectory as the
Here's some ingredients: chess lover, likes to sit quietly for hours at a time in a dark flotation chamber, wears sunglasses indoors, runs a Middle East spy agency, cycling fanatic, eats one meal a day, believes he can live to age 150, controls billions of dollars and is
