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Apr 15, 2024 | icij.org | Whitney Joiner |Micah Reddy |David Rowell

Swazi Secrets is a cross-border investigation that reveals Eswatini’s unexplored role as a possible conduit in southern Africa’s gold smuggling economy — and how the absolute monarchy’s weak anti-money laundering controls enable figures close to the royal family to benefit from proximity to the king. The project is based on a leak of more than 890,000 internal records from the Eswatini Financial Intelligence Unit.

Apr 15, 2024 | icij.org | Joanna Robin |Whitney Joiner

What is the Swazi Secrets investigation? Swazi Secrets is a cross-border investigation based on leaked files from the Eswatini Financial Intelligence Unit. The investigation reveals Eswatini’s unexplored role as a possible conduit in southern Africa’s gold smuggling economy — and how the absolute monarchy’s weak anti-money laundering controls enable figures close to the royal family to benefit from proximity to the king. Where is Eswatini?

Sep 28, 2020 | independent.co.uk | Mary Dejevsky |Whitney Joiner

Sep 21, 2020 | washingtonpost.com | Whitney Joiner

Jun 18, 2018 | marieclaire.com | Whitney Joiner