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Daniel Balint-Kurti / April 15, 2018

Fallen London stock exchange luminary told ‘blatant and utter lie’ in comeback bid after bribery scandal

A controversial mining entrepreneur claims Liberia has cleared him of bribery allegations – only for a top Liberian politician to denounce this as a “blatant and utter lie”.
Daniel Balint-Kurti / March 1, 2017

Guinea’s bribery saga reaches new peaks

New revelations increase the heat on Rio Tinto and BSGR over secretive Guinea payments.
Daniel Balint-Kurti / Sept. 27, 2016

‘Little Brother’s Big Secret’: Radio 4 takes a hard look at London’s junior stock exchange

London has a stock exchange that few outside the City have heard of. It’s called the Alternative Investment Market (or AIM) and it’s a haven for fraudsters and corrupt businessmen.
Daniel Balint-Kurti / May 20, 2014

Glencore unfazed by muddy Congo deals

Three AGMs as a public company and three times Global Witness has publicly asked Glencore’s board to commission an independent investigation into its Congo deals.
Daniel Balint-Kurti / May 2, 2014

New York link to controversial Congo mining deals

Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal and the British human rights organisation, RAID revealed that the US hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group has been one of the main financial backers of Dan Gertler, a businessman at the centre of a string of controversial mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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