Un membre du clan Assad, un Premier ministre… Les étonnants acheteurs des passeports de l archipel Vanuatu lejdd.fr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lejdd.fr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A controversial “golden passports” scheme run by the Pacific nation of Vanuatu saw more than 2,000 people, including a slew of disgraced businesspeople and individuals sought by police in countries all over the world, purchase citizenship in 2020 – and with it visa-free access to the EU and UK, the Guardian can reveal.
Among those granted citizenship were a Syrian businessman with US sanctions against his businesses, a suspected North Korean politician, an Italian businessman accused of extorting the Vatican, a former member of a notorious Australian motorcycle gang, and South African brothers accused of a $3.6bn cryptocurrency heist.
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ChinaEgypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo
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Residential buildings are seen in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt March 8, 2021. Picture taken March 8, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
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Egypt is racing to prepare a grandiose new capital city in the desert east of Cairo before the first civil servants move in this summer and ahead of the delayed official opening of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi s flagship project.
At the heart of the city, workers are putting finishing touches to an avenue of ministries that echo the architecture of pharaonic temples and adjoin a raised Islamic complex, two domed parliament buildings and a sprawling presidential compound.