OCCRP reports that a former Afghan parliamentarian used a passport he obtained through Cyprus’ now defunct citizenship by investment program to build a sprawling business and real estate empire in Germany and Dubai

Ajmal Rahmani accumulated real estate in Germany between 2018 and 2022 valued at 197m. He purchased the properties through German companies registered under his Cyprus passport in addition to Cypriot holding companies. He and his father, Mir Rahman Rahmani, were...

Guinea orders legal action over rosewood export fraud

Guinea’s Minister of Justice has ordered legal proceedings against four government officials over an alleged illegal export of hundreds of containers of critically endangered West African rosewood to China. The officials appear to have been involved in issuing...