Joe Jenkins

Great quote in this article from expert Rick St Hilaire:

'My rule is simple - if someone starts talking about their uncle’s dad’s brother’s stepson who found an object, I’m not buying it'

Revealed: British Museum bought Egyptian figurine connected to ‘dead dad’ smuggler | The National Scandal-plagued museum faces more embarrassment as New York court exposes tricks of antiquities trade

Exclusive: An antiquities smuggler convicted in the US has an unfortunate connection to the British Museum, which acquired a piece that was supposedly part of his grandfather's collection

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A Dubai property tycoon’s $10 billion plan to save Afghanistan | The National The Taliban’s restrictions on women have made the nation a pariah in the global economy, but billionaire Mirwais Azizi sees an opening

Brilliant interview with a titan of property and banking, Mirwais Azizi, who speaks movingly about the loss of his daughter, will honour her memory with a $3bn cancer research hospital in #Dubai, and explains his $10bn investment - or gift - to #Afghanistan

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'Are you Alawite?': Killings in Syrian village of Arwa raise fears of endless sectarian violence | The National During a rare media visit to a site of the recent spree of sectarian killings in the country's east, The National spoke with survivors of an attack that claimed 25 lives

‘Are you Alawite?’

Survivors of a sectarian massacre in Syria tell The National's Nada Maucourant Atalla how villagers were identified - then slaughtered

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Kurdish trafficker sending migrants to Europe forced underground by crackdown | The National Investigation by The National exposes the Kurdish town of Ranya as the region’s hub for people smuggling

Special investigation: How a small town in Iraqi-Kurdistan was revealed to be a hub for money exchangers and traffickers who orchestrate illegal journeys from Iraq to the far side of Europe

Hunting trafficking’s big boss inside Kurdistan’s smuggling hotspot | The National Bringing death to shores of Europe: Investigation uncovers criminal network stretching from Iraqi Kurdistan to Caerphilly in Wales

People smuggling’s Mr Big is on the run. Our special investigation today pinpoints the Iraqi Kurdish mastermind behind cross-Europe and small boats trafficking that sees bodies washed up either side of the English Channel

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Exclusive details only The National got on the direct US-Hamas talks:

Greek fortune of 'illicit Syrian shipping magnate' defies Houthi sanctions | The National Property and businesses in Athens tied to Abdul Jalil Mallah, who was found to have lied to the High Court in London and was given jail sentence

Re-upping this excellent investigation by Tariq Tahir

#syria

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