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Gunvor publicly condemned Russia’s war but continued to do business with Russian energy firms, records show - ICIJ (opens the original)
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Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, several major trading firms pledged to stop or reduce new dealings with Russian businesses, joining global efforts to weaken Vladimir Putin’s military machine. One of them was Gunvor Group, a company co-founded by a Swedish businessman and a Russian oligarch close to the Kremlin. In 2014, a U.S. Treasury Department report said that Putin himself had investments in the energy trading firm and may have had access to its funds. Since th
China Capital stories reveal how ICBC advanced China’s political goals across four continents - ICIJ (opens the original)
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China Capital, an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in collaboration with 23 media partners, provided an unprecedented look into decision-making at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one of the most powerful Chinese institutions, at a time of China’s ascendance on the world stage. The investigation is based on more than 4.8 million confidential records from two of ICBC’s U.K. units. The records provide rare insight into one of China’s most impor
Lawmakers debate infrastructure security after China Capital (opens the original)
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ICIJ and its media partners found that Chinese bank ICBC served as a financing hub for infrastructure in the U.K. and Australia, prompting questions about Beijing’s influence over public projects. British lawmakers today raised concerns about Chinese ownership of water utilities and key local infrastructure following ICIJ’s China Capital investigation into financing deals pursued by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s largest bank by asset size. Senior conservative peer Lord
ICBC serves firms linked to oligarchs, autocrats to push China’s agenda (opens the original)
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In the heart of London’s financial district, tucked between the Bank of England headquarters and London Bridge, is one of the world’s most influential institutions. The majestic neoclassical building is hard to miss, but few passersby would recognize the ancient coin-inspired logo of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. This outpost of the biggest bank in the world has grown over three decades to hold tens of billions of dollars in assets, expanding rapidly as China has ascended on the w
ICBC helped Huawei spirit $1B out of London days after US indictment (opens the original)
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A little after sunrise on a cloudy Saturday morning, nine bankers returned to their workplace in London’s financial district for an extraordinary meeting. It was Feb. 2, 2019, and the Lunar New Year holiday would soon halt operations at the Beijing headquarters of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Five thousand miles from the Chinese capital, the bank officers made their way through the lobby of ICBC’s London branch, housed inside an imposing building a short walk from London Bridge.
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