Money laundering is a crime which perhaps more than any other sucks money out of developing countries and into the murky world of offshore accounts…
Brazilian – Chinese trade has boomed dramatically over the last 15 years. China has overtaken the US as Brazil’s major trade partner, (trade worth $256…
Morocco has been called the Saudi Arabia of phosphates, not such an impressive boast you might think, until you know that the chemical is vital…
The trade in counterfeit medicine is costing the lives of thousands of people across developing countries. Criminals have increasingly turned to the production, transportation and…
An HSBC report entitled “The Southern Silk Road, Turbocharging South-South economic growth” was released in June 2011; it has been influential in making the case…
In late December 2011 a coup plot was uncovered in the tiny state of Guinea Bissau, West Africa. The army found a cache of arms…
Last month a New York court heard testimony from former associates of Victor Bout, they described how the Soviet born aviator had smuggled arms which…
The Turkish PM Recep Erdogan and his family made a dramatic trip to the war torn Somali capital Mogadishu earlier this year. Only the bravest…
In a sign of changing economic times Portuguese graduates are flocking to the booming economies of Angola and Mozambique to find work, very often ending…