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Open Secrets holds the profiteers of economic crime, human rights abuses, and war to account. We go where it’s hard to disrupt networks of power.
Sep 12, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The “world-class” reputation of consulting firms such as BCG, McKinsey & Bain has provided a veneer under which individuals like MBS & Isabel dos Santos are able to sanitise their images & line their pockets, whilst repressing& impoverishing their people.
opensecrets.org.za/unaccountable-… On one hand, the legal requirements to vet their clients aren’t as stringent as other financial institutions and professional firms, which enables them to avoid accountability when their clients are implicated in corruption or human rights abuses.
Jul 6, 2023 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
If you've been accused of corruption in Zimbabwe, how do you move $29.5m to the UK to buy 2 mines?
In 2019, international enablers helped Kudakwashe Tagwirei, presidential advisor & oil tycoon, use fronts, fakes, & facades to move money to the UK via the offshore world.
🧵 Corruption allegations had been swirling around Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings for years before 2019.

The first allegation was around the 2016 Dema diesel project:
web.archive.org/web/2021080106…
Jan 13, 2021 • 37 tweets • 19 min read
We are back with the #ABCsofEconomicCrime!

In this week’s ABCs: The Commission of Inquiry to Allegations of State Capture, Corruption & Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State, i.e. the #StateCaptureInquiry 2 years & almost R800 million later, do we really understand what #StateCapture is, what a commission of inquiry is & what powers the #StateCaptureInquiry has? We answer this in the #ABCsofEconomicCrime.
Nov 24, 2020 • 38 tweets • 18 min read
WANTED: Witnesses 41-101!

The Civil Society Working Group on #StateCapture released a list of 101 key witnesses to appear before the #StateCaptureInquiry. Witnesses 41-101 include some of most powerful corporations & individuals. No impunity for corruption!

(Thread) Matshela Koko
- Role in Optimum mine purchase by Tegeta
- Involvement in coal quality assessments (Eskom)
- Correspondence to Salim Essa and the Guptas
- Cancellation of coal contract of Just Coal (Eskom)
- Visits to the Gupta residence + Money received from Guptas
Nov 20, 2020 • 22 tweets • 13 min read
WANTED: Witnesses 21-40!

The Civil Society Working Group on #StateCapture released a list 101 key witnesses to appear before the #StateCaptureInquiry. Witnesses 21-40 include some of most powerful corporations & individuals. There should be no impunity for corruption!

(Thread) 21. WANTED: Anwar Dramat

Details of why he was wrongfully suspended from Hawks Image
Nov 18, 2020 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
WANTED: Witnesses 11-20!

2 weeks ago, the Civil Society Working Group on #StateCapture released a list 101 key witnesses to appear before the #StateCaptureInquiry. Here are some of the powerful corporations & individuals on this list.

(Thread) WANTED: Stephan Burger

- Directorship in Denel Asia
- Visits to the Gupta Residence

#StateCaptureInquiry Image
Nov 17, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
WANTED: Witnesses 1-10!

The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture released a list of key State Capture witnesses to appear before the Zondo Commission - there should be no exception for powerful corporations or politicians.

(A thread) WANTED: Shaun Abrahams!

- NPA hindering Hawks investigations. Image
May 26, 2020 • 14 tweets • 10 min read
3 years ago, Apartheid, Guns & Money- A Tale of Profit by @hennievvuuren, with research by @MikeMarchant13 was launched. The book is an exposé of the machinery created in defence of apartheid, sanctions-busting & the people & corporations who profited from it.
@JacanaMedia In November 2018, #ApartheidGunsandMoney became available for purchase in the United Kingdom from @HurstPublishers.
Jan 21, 2020 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Though it's hardly surprising that the daughter of 1 of Africa’s longest serving presidents enriched herself through rigged procurement processes- Isabel dos Santos' corruption is an important reminder that the global financial economy is a key enabler of corruption. #LuandaLeaks The #LuandaLeaks by @PPLAAF & @ICIJorg show how dos Santos built a business empire with more than 400 companies & subsidiaries in 41 countries. Many of these countries are in known secrecy jurisdictions/tax havens like Malta, Dubai, Mauritius & Hong Kong.
icij.org/investigations…
Jul 3, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Tax season has arrived & while SARS commissioner, Edward Kieswetter, has aptly reminded us all to pay our taxes. Why the focus on ordinary citizens when corporate tax avoidance/evasion amounts to over R7bn a year?

moneyweb.co.za/mymoney/moneyw… According to 2 groundbreaking studies on corporate tax avoidance in SA, mining companies & financial service firms are the biggest culprits of tax avoidance. This should probably be unsurprising as these corporates are serial offenders in economic crime.
businesslive.co.za/fm/features/20…