Religious institutions
Vatican cardinal on trial in $412m fraud case
| BBC News | A Roman Catholic cardinal who was once a close ally of Pope Francis has gone on trial in the Vatican, accused of misusing Church money in a ruinous London property venture. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 73, is…
- 2021
- Financial fraud
Islamic State “is a completely different model of terrorist financing”
| World Finance Videos | What are the economics of a terrorist organisation? Financing expert Loretta Napoleoni and barrister William Willson say the business models have changed dramatically since the terrorist world’s new “rising star” has emerged. What makes a…
- 2014
- Terrorism financing
Frauderen voor de jihad
| BNN VARA | Eind 2010. De grens tussen Afghanistan en Pakistan. Amerikaanse militairen jagen op Osama Bin Laden. Vlakbij het dorpje waar de Al Qaida-leider een paar maanden later wordt doodgeschoten, stuiten ze op een schuilplaats met documenten. Een…
Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade
| Frontline | In Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade, BBC News Arabic’s Nawal al-Maghafi reports from inside Iraq, where she investigates how some clerics are abusing an ancient Islamic marriage practice to exploit women and girls.
Secrets of the Vatican
| Frontline | Secrets of the Vatican tells the epic, inside story of the collapse of the Benedict papacy — and illuminates the extraordinary challenges facing Pope Francis as he tries to reform the powerful Vatican bureaucracy, root out corruption,…
- 2014
- Corruption