Thursday, November 17, 2022

Investigative journalists are investigating hundreds of possibly rogue honorary consuls

This could be an interesting project! How much and what kind of abuse is there regarding e.g. honorary consuls?

"ICIJ’s latest investigation: Shadow Diplomats, the story of how hundreds of rogue honorary consuls — including alleged terror financiers and criminals — have undermined a little-known system of global diplomacy.
More than 160 journalists from 46 countries joined the reporting team, which also marked the first collaboration between ICIJ and ProPublica. ...
There is no international database of honorary consuls, and many countries maintain poor records, or release no information at all. ..."

ICIJ launches a new kind of investigation

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