All the Prime Minister's Men: Part 3

Al Jazeera’s I-Unit goes undercover to buy an English football club. But there’s a catch. The fictional buyer is a criminal and wants to use the club to launder his dirty money. That’s against the rules but that won’t stop The Men Who Sell Football from trying to close the deal. 

In this episode, master dealmaker, Christopher Samuelson, schools our undercover reporters in the dark arts of offshore finance. The I-Unit digs into his past as a money manager to some of Russia’s most powerful oligarchs. Plus, he reveals shocking new details about his role as a ...  Show more

Over two decades in office, the prime minister and her Awami League party have overseen impressive growth and reforms in a notoriously corrupt country—but that same firm hand may now be <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/05/24/sheikh-hasina-is-asias-iron-lady?utm_cam ...

Over two decades in office, the prime minister and her Awami League party have overseen impressive growth and reforms in a notoriously corrupt country—but that same firm hand may now be <a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/05/24/sheikh-hasina-is-asias-iron-lady?utm_cam ...

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The country’s military is renowned for political overreach. Now, its leaders are taking on former prime minister <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/06/01/pakistans-perma-crisis?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=di ...