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Cambodia’s Billion Dollar Scam
Thousands of people have been trafficked into the country to work in cyber scamming compounds built with Chinese money. Now they’re stuck there.
Bankers! Listen to Your Medieval Forebears
With every new crisis, the animosity towards financiers grows. History offers sage advice.
Can Colombia End the War on Drugs?
President Gustavo Petro has made it a priority to transform the narcotics trade. The question now is how.
The Last ATM
Spain’s aging population is struggling with the digitalization of the financial system — and the far right is seizing the moment.
Soiled Gold
Seven years after El Salvador banned metal extraction, the bloody fight over mining appears poised to return.
Reserve Areas
Turkey has expropriated ancestral lands to build “earthquake-proof” housing.
‘Peace Means I Will Lose My Job’
How the northern German village of Unterlüß became dependent on the arms manufacturer Rheinmetall.
Chokepoint Politics
Global maritime shipping is riddled with obstacles that slow down logistics, some of which are intentionally implemented to increase profit.
Argentina’s Dollar-Obsessed Election
A conversation with Lucía Cholakian Herrera, whose article on the illegal peso-to-dollar trade in the country was published in our Weapons issue.
“Welcome to Hell”
A dispatch from Europe's largest arms fair, where tanks, missiles, and guns are on the market.
Ozempic’s Economic Empire
Novo Nordisk’s success has created extraordinary opportunities for Denmark, but it might also be putting the country’s economy at risk.
Abby Seiff and Sokummono Khan on Collaborative Reporting
A conversation with the authors of “The Danger of Microfinance,” published in our Debt issue.
The Infrastructure Trap
Kenya's $5 billion railway to nowhere is exacerbating debt and corruption.
The Dark World of Deepfaked Debt
India’s online loan sharks are blackmailing borrowers with fake images.