Money Trail:
exposing illicit finance
Spotlight
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the battle of Bangui
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87% of the revenue from recycled clothing stays in Europe
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Syphoning development money: Tanzanian involved in robbing of $176 million
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Kenya’s oil robbery
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EU and Italy turn blind eye to illegal fishing in West Africa
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Nigeria silent over secret asset recovery deal that could see ‘stolen’ oil treasure paid to US firm
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Malabu Oil Deal: Canadian judge dismisses suit challenging Nigeria’s grounding of Etete’s jet
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Banks face property loans stress
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A Fishy Business: Shifting Profits Out of Africa
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Insolvent AirZim stashes US$5m in UK
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Money Trail interview on the Nirav Modi case
About us
Money Trail is a collaborative project between highly regarded journalism and training organizations – Finance Uncovered, Free Press Unlimited, Journalismfund.eu – and Oxfam Novib.
Conducting and delivering journalistic illicit finance investigations is often long, difficult and complex. It can even be dangerous. It can take courage to even start researching these stories.
Money Trail is supported by the Dutch Postcode Lottery.
Training
In Money Trail, Finance Uncovered and Free Press Unlimited, offer six training courses focused on how to investigate tax abuse, money laundering and corruption plus digital safety.
Two trainings will be organized in London (Sept 2018, Nov 2019), two in Abuja, (June 2019, July 2020) and two in Jakarta (Feb 2019, Feb 2020).
Grants
In Money Trail Journalismfund.eu offers working grants for mixed teams of African, Asian and European journalists to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax abuse and corruption in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Grants are awarded to journalists solely by Journalismfund.eu, with no input or oversight at any stage from the consortium as a whole.
Safety
It is important to keep sources and information during an investigation safe and secure. It is a basic pre-condition for anyone involved in investigative journalism.
Digital records, databases, documents and communication streams are all likely targets. A variety of protection tools, also developed by other organizations, to help security and safety for journalists and civil society activists is available here.