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global corruption's hidden players
examples of corruptions
typical types of individuals
leader of Turkmenistan--Saparmurat Niyazov
renamed the months of the year
building of a 40-foot-high gold-plated statue of himself
the African dictator or minister or official--Teodorín Obiang
a $30 million mansion in Malibu, California
an €18 million art collection
a stack of fabulous sports cars
a Gulfstream
official monthly salary of less than 7,000 dollars
former oil minister of Nigeria --Dan Etete
a $1 billion — oil deal
corruptions in other countries
1993,the illegal trade in African ivory
1997,blood diamonds
full of land mine victims on streets
a wealthy elite gossiped about shopping trips
the actions of global facilitators
Obiang junior
held accounts of companies controlled by him
one to buy property,another to pay huge bills to run the place
Dan Etete
awarded an oil block to a company that he was the hidden owner of
assistance of the Nigerian government
engine of corruption
international banking system
HSBC bankrolled the region's largest logging companies
anonymous shell companies
over 70 percent ，almost 56 billion dollars
the government in the Democratic Republic of Congo sold off a state-owned mining assets to shell companies in the British Virgin Islands
afforded big oil, gas and mining operations
In 2011, natural resource exports outweighed aid flows by almost 19 to one in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Dan Etete and 1billion oil deal
global solutions
In 1999, Global Witness called for oil companies to make payments on deals transparent,now it's fast becoming the norm and the law