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Tag: kleptocracy
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Rent, Kleptocracy and the Turf Mafia: How Stadium Grass Became a Licence to Steal
Iran’s “turf mafia” uses opaque stadium contracts, inflated costs and engineered turf failures to delay renovations, displace clubs and convert football infrastructure into a…
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Ayandeh Bank: How a Private Lender Became a Byword for Kleptocracy
Ayandeh Bank’s collapse reveals insider lending and Ponzi-like deposits, losses, and delayed oversight—shifting costs to the public and spurring demands for independent supervision, transparency,…