Diplomats for Sale: Part 1

Diplomats for Sale: Part 1

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Diplomats for Sale: Part 2

Buying citizenship is a surprisingly common practice. Buying a diplomatic passport is next-level. In episode two of our new investigative series, we bring you the story of the Iranian billionaire who bought himself an ambassadorship — and ended up as a cautionary tale in a Calyps ...  Show more

Diplomats for Sale: Part 3

We knew that people were buying diplomatic passports. We even had an idea about how they were doing it. But in order to get the full story, we had to try to buy one. In part three of our investigative series, we send someone undercover to try to purchase an ambassadorship. 

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