Global financial wealth stored in so-called “offshore” accounts corresponds to some 10% of the world’s GDP. While not illegal per se, offshore accounts are often used to hide proceeds from corruption, tax evasion and criminal activities. In this episode you’ll learn about the making, revelations and outcomes of the largest-ever journalistic investigation into offshore finance: the Pandora Papers.

This episode deals with illegal gold mining and trafficking in Venezuela, an industry worth 1.7 billion USD a year. We explain how criminal groups and corrupt officials take gold from mines to international markets and how this activity is leading to massive human rights abuses, environmental degradation and violations of the rights of indigenous people.