Heirs of Mao’s Comrades Rise as New Capitalist Nobility
How the ‘princeling’ descendants of Mao’s ‘Eight Immortals’consolidated unimaginable power and wealth in the New China.
How the ‘princeling’ descendants of Mao’s ‘Eight Immortals’consolidated unimaginable power and wealth in the New China.
Shai Oster, Michael Forsythe, Dune Lawrence, Henry Sanderson Bloomberg Jan 2013 25min Permalink
How a high-speed rail disaster exposed China’s corruption.
Evan Osnos New Yorker Oct 2012 30min Permalink
The story of Donald Smaltz, an independent prosecutor run amok.
David Grann The New Republic Feb 1998 20min Permalink
Crime, drugs, and politics in Guadalajara.
William Finnegan New Yorker Jun 2012 40min Permalink
Rogue cops in the LAPD Rampart division’s anti-gang CRASH unit (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) were involved in everything from drug smuggling and bank robberies to, allegedly, the murder of Christopher “Notorious BIG” Wallace.
On FIFA’s history of scandal.
Brian Phillips Grantland Aug 2011 15min Permalink
As the head of the CBF, Ricardo Teixera rules Brazilian futebol from the top down, controlling everything from the value of championships to broadcast rights. He needs the pull off a flawless 2014 World Cup in order to set the stage for being elected FIFA’s president, but there’s one hitch; the trail of bribes and scandals he has left in his wake.
Whenever you want him to go on the record, Teixeira shushes you and raises a finger to his lips. He addresses men and women alike as “meu amor,” with an exaggerated Rio accent. “Meu amor, it’s all been said about me – that I smuggled goods in the Brazilian national team’s airplane, that there’s been dirty dealing in the World Cup, all those investigations into Nike and the CBF."
Translated from the original Portugese.
Daniela Pinheiro Piauí Jul 2011 40min Permalink
On the complete corruption of Paul Bergin, a federal attorney turned high-priced defense lawyer now awaiting trial on a host of charges.
If Paul is guilty of half the things they say, he’d be the craziest, most evil lawyer in the history of the State of New Jersey. That is saying something.
Mark Jacobson New York Jun 2011 20min Permalink
How crooked officials pulled off a massive scam, spent millions on Dubai real estate, and killed the author’s law partner when he tried to expose them.
Jamison Firestone Foreign Policy Apr 2011 10min Permalink
How the tapping of Angola’s natural resources has kept the country a killing field, and made it one of the world’s most glaringly inefficient kleptocracies.
Scott Johnson Guernica Apr 2011 25min Permalink
A veteran reporter investigates his own beating.
John Conroy Chicago Magazine Sep 2009 Permalink
How did a Kentucky entrepreneur, a Louisiana politician, and the vice president of Nigeria end up in one of the biggest scandals to hit America’s black elite in decades?
Andrew Rice Portfolio Oct 2007 20min Permalink
How to spend $1.2 million per month on your laundry in Kuwait; the system of kickbacks and non-competitive contracts that made Halliburton/KBR the near-exclusive contractor in the Iraq war zone.
Michael Shnayerson Vanity Fair Apr 2005 35min Permalink