In late 2019, Arabophone reporters who worked on the FinCEN Files investigation met in Amman, Jordan, with ICIJ reporter Will Fitzgibbon on the sidelines of the annual conference hosted by Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism. ICIJ previously covered some of Israel’s most explosive FinCEN Files investigations here. “It is difficult to get company employees to talk.”Hallas said his FinCEN Files investigation was important because it shines a spotlight on transactions that have never been revealed publicly. The duo, Lamine Diack and Papa Massata Diack, were found guilty of corruption offenses weeks before the publication of the FinCEN FIles. See more FinCEN Files reporting from the Middle East and stories from your country or in your language here.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 09, 2020 17:03 UTC