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which implicates some of its biggest bikes. ah, none of them are a kyle, this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming up. russian authorities to take a report on suspicion of espionage, his employer. the wall street journal denies the allegations china's new premier calls for an asia wide bounce back from the pandemic. the major economic forum and nicholas hawk intercourse capital, senegal work tension, is rising as the trial of us was months. all go is underway. ah, they begin in south africa. well, al jazeera is invest, could have a unit, has uncovered

a large scale. money will drink operation. the scheme implicate some of the country's biggest banks of i'm a member of the criminal syndicate, has spoken exclusively to al jazeera and he's all the james has this report. doubt con is a former money launderer. he fears for his life and his speaking exclusively to out there is investigative units from a safe house. he says his role was to forge paperwork to disguise the money laundering as legitimate transactions in the office. we had a strong and in the strong room, rid boxes upon boxes of bank stamps. we had boxes of passports with boxes of id documents. head of the operation is dowd's brother mohammed con. his street name is mo dollars. his financial services firm served as the front for the laundering. he sort of held up as the sort of shadowy figure that control with money laundering util. africa that everybody wants to find, wants to locate,

want to discuss funds to catch when to prosecute, wants to use. we've obtained a trove of thousands of documents that reveal fakin voices from fictitious suppliers address to move dollars, clients, no good, no services, purely just money wanting. and i can tell you that what 100 percent certainty, because i done the logo, we conceal the identity of one of my dollars form of business partners, bahama county. and one for money. lot thing is because will be a 1000000 in crawford to be transferring to different countries to different places and you got other connections to do that. to ensure the scheme success, the laundry, his brave employees at south africa's banks. you look after us, you pushed through all our payments. no questions, asked one specific company and we'll met your salary every month in

cash. a ledger records, kickbacks paid to staff at sas fin bank, who are responsible for processing foreign payments. we were actually the executive management team of assistant for t x pro, sitting department. you can put it in that way. mormon was c o, off of it, company. without them knowing the ledger records bribes, paid to employees at other banks to for vin maker is a senior manager at the compliance division of standard banks out of africa. and also is the key complicated to the south african reserve bank. i can make a phone call for you not do individuals in eps update. it would put whatever you tell them to put on the list it for you and they would stamps. mohammed con, told us that all the allegations against him were false, and based on manufactured evidence,

he denied bribing any one in the south african banking sector, vivian nick had denied involvement in a money laundering syndicate. south fin said it was taking vigorous action against former employees, absa passed on our findings to it's forensic investigative unit. and standard bank told us it takes a 0 tolerance approach to fraud and criminality. alexander james al jazeera. ok, i'm saying is the executive director of corruption watch. he says the revelations are not entirely surprising. it's important to know that you know, that africa has gone through a very difficult period in terms of what we characterize to state capture. whereby whether it be i actually lease service or within our prosecuting services, we fall, hollowing out law enforcement institutions and institutions that promote accountability. so it's fair to say, you know, across the board that african inforcement of things like money laundering and the

fight against organized crime. and corruption has been really challenged and we, in this period and it's recognized and acknowledged broadway that these are areas that we need to see massive improvement. if we want to turn a corner around, you know, the grips that the economy finds itself when, when it comes to organized, right? you know, not the, the, the announcement of the financial action task force to grade list. africa was a announcement that came out last month. and, you know, it's, it's quite significant for the country. it basically says that, you know, south africa, you know, cannot be bought for as a, as a same investment destination, given the types of weaknesses that we're talking about in terms of the anti money laundering. a framework. so, you know, this great listing really puts this african government on terms in terms of ensuring that, you know, significant progress is made both in terms of legal reforms required. but then also

in terms of implementing those and in terms of enforcement. and you can watch the next installment of a 4 part series. gold. my fist like and there is a full episode and it's coming up on out there at 20 g m t. russia's fs. be security service says that wall street journal reporter, even a gush of it, has been detained. the u. s. citizen was stopped in the city of terran burg on suspicion of espionage. according to state media, a criminal case has been opened against him. publications released a statement saying the wall street journal vehemently denies the allegations from the f s b and 6. the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, even girth coverage. we stand in solidarity with evan, and his family to mary, joins us now live from moscow. so dawson, what are we, harry? now, from officials in the russian capital. what

we've heard a short while ago, from the spokesperson of the kremlin dmitri pest caller, who said that the kremlin is aware of the detention of this american citizen. and that he, there is no question of his activities in that region. in russia, the spokesperson for the kremlin said that this journalist was detained, red handed for espionage, and that the remaining staff of the wall street journal were so operating and russia are free to continue their normal journalistic activities. we also heard from the foreign ministry spokeswoman maria. c is a her over who said that what he was doing in a town berg has nothing to do with journalism and that this is not the 1st time that a well known westerner has been grabbed by the hand. all signs indicating to the situation that's been ongoing care between the tensions that have been continuing

between the united states and russia. it since the special military operation as it's known here. i started in ukraine last year at this example, is the latest with the detention of the us citizen on russian soil and claims by the security services of this country that he was carrying out espionage activities. that the requests of the u. s. government. what the officials here are now saying is that this is not the 1st time, and that he was actually caught right hand to trying to gather intelligence from a large military complex in that region in central russia. and that there is no question of his intentions. now, there is the other side of the story and that is, there is a fixer from that region who was working with this journalist, who said that the 32 year old was gathering information to do a story about people's reaction to the wagner groups involvement in the conflict in ukraine, so there is the other versions to the story,

but for the time being official, sarah adamant that this us citizen was caught red handed, carrying out, sensitive gathering, sensitive information for the us government. ok, those such a by of what in that from moscow, thanks very much. china's new premier as a showing and vast as his country's economy. well bounce back after being battered by pandemic restrictions beach until the annual boy. our forum for asia that china is opening up the world and living reforms to revive grace is the opportunity to urge asian countries to work together for peace and stability and the region. you charged up the theme of this year's annual conference and uncertain world solidarity and cooperation for development and challenges is highly relevant to our times and responsive to she had concerns. it is of a strong practical significance in a world of turmoil and transformation humanities. faced with unprecedented challenges, instability, uncertainty,

and unexpected developments have become the norm. amid the momentous shifts where uncertainty bounds people yearned for more and stronger forces of certainty, to drive the world to a brighter future. so let's have kimber as more from hong kong, political and financial leaders for more than 50 countries around the world gathering on the southern chinese island of high 9. for the bo, our forum is the 1st time the event is taking place in person. since the start of the cove at 19 pandemic, chinese premier lease yang is using this as an opportunity for his 1st ever address to an international audience. after being appointed as china, 2nd in command during china's recent national people's congress. he's told the leaders there, so this is an opportunity for them to adhere to a common and comprehensive cooperation agreement and oppose the use of unilateral sanctions, long on jurisdiction and confrontation. what he says has become a new cold war scenario. political analysts say this is basically an event is being

used by the aging to promote itself as a broker for global corporation and communication. much in the way that is recently done with president sheet and paying much scrutinized and controversial trip to moscow to meet with russian president vladimir putin to discuss the ongoing war in ukraine. economic analysts say this is also an opportunity for china to talk up its own economic recovery prospect off the end of its kind of in 1900 rules and the long term investment prospects of asia. as a region, as china is promoting asia in the wake of financial concerns and banking crises in the us and europe, the challenge analysts say for aging and for china with events like this is to bring on board the rest of the world who's not in attendance at the forum, which includes many of the world's biggest countries and convince them that after all, the contrivances that china is facing and has faced in recent months with regards to its own geopolitical situation. that it can be

a center for global cooperation. and it can be considered as a credible coordinator for this type of global collaboration, which is kimber. al jazeera hong kong, senegal, the opposition leader of spain. sancho is being sued for defamation by the she's tourism minister. some kind of schedule to face trial on thursday, but claims the case against him is politically motivated. if found guilty could be bought from running and next year's president to election. the supporters food with police earlier this month to in protests against the legal action of one this last case, nicholas hawk. he's live for us in the docket and nicholas, what's the situation there in city today? well laura, i'm on the main order that leads to at least one phone goes house and police have just fire tear gas. there was a crowd gathered here, both of his supporters and of journalists, but they just hard to get to try to clear the way. and it's been like that throughout the capital where we've seen ride police firing tear gas dispersed any

crowd to day for those trial buses are not allowed on the streets. motorcycles are not allowed with st. schools. universities are shut down. there's this eerie calm of anticipation to see where this child will go. and why is this important abode? because it involves the main opposition leader, mussman sancho, and add to that this uncertainty that looms over, present, mikey self, will he or will he not run a 3rd mandate and caught the middle of this political wrangling? are the people here. so normally on a day like this, this road will be packed with people trying to get to work and look at it. now there's really a sense of tension over this trial. laura, give us an idea of what the implications for sancho will be if he is found guilty of defamation. well, it's very simple. if he's convicted he'll, he may have a fine or

a suspended prison sentence, but most importantly he will not be able to run in the upcoming presidential elections. he'll be able to appeal that and but they po process will take so long that the elections there are supposed to take place in february 2024 will already come. this is the 1st time, according to the opposition that the courts are being used to clamp down on opposition figures. we've seen the trial of this with the son of the former president abdulla kareem wad, who was sentenced in convicted over corruption charges. then there is the former mayor of the car khalifa, so all so tried incense it and convicted over corruption charges. but when all these figures including basement sancho, have in common is that they are popular with the opposition. and with these convictions, they are not able to run in the upcoming presidential election. that's why you have so much tension. these elections are taking place

a years away is already creating tension in it's not so much the opposition figures and the convictions in the court. but what's, it's, what's happening away from the court in the presidential palace. that's putting people at an ease this country that is known for its stability for its history of democracy. well, the question is, will president becky sell who changed the constitution while he was in power reducing the time in power to from 7 to 5 years? will he run for another mandate? now, according to the constitution, a president can only run 2 terms, but since he has amended that constitution, he claims that he's able to run 4 or 3rd mandate. and that's what's crystallizing everything here. the reason why people are coming out on the streets is the less in support of who spends hunker, but more to try to defend. walker see. and the institution, the democratic institutions that there are here in the country. amnesty

international came out with a statement saying that it is concerned over what it sees, the shrinking of space of civil society to express themselves for many as team to national. what you see right behind me is to dissuade or discourage people from going out on the streets. so later on today, we may, we may not have a conviction and, and we're will be following up without laura. as soon as we know apps ill bring it to view as when we know as well, so not riding on it. the moments next hoc thanks very much. still a has hair on al jazeera mexico, barzinski security guards, and prison officials are on the side. after a fire to detention center kill $39.00, my goods and drones robots, electric automobiles, software shows off the latest tech at his annual mobility show. ah, april. on out his era from tortilla and syria,

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al jazeera world, a selection of the best films from across our network of channels. lou ah ha, again, you're watching out there, hes reminder of our top stories. this our out there is investigative unit, has uncovered a large scale money laundering operation in south africa. a former member of a criminal syndicates has outlined a scheme which implicates some of the country's biggest bang brushes. fs be security services is detained. and american journalists, evan. gus, give it was taken into custody on suspicion of espionage. his employer,

the wall street journal denies the accusations and china's premier as it assuring investors his nation's economy will bounce back off to being battered by the pandemic. the john told the annual, for our forum for asia, the china is delivering reforms to revive growth. authorities in mexico have opened a homicide investigation and identified 8 suspects after a fire to migrant detention center. killed. 39 people prosecute to say the suspects include 2 federal agents, a state immigration official, and 5 members of a private security company. president andre mon, manuel lopez over a door. in this, they blamed migrants for the fire, but a video shows what appears to be guards, not opening locks doors as the fire spread. the blaze broke out sincere that horace near the u. s. border. john hallman has more from mexico city. this is the c c t v video, which is shocked. mexico inside

a migrant detention center. a mexican official and security guard whoop by just as flames take hold inside the cell of migrants locked up under their care. it was a blaze this monday night, which ultimately killed dozens of people, the majority of them guatemalans. they been detained and held and see it at qualities. right of mexico's food with the united states. but they stay president under as manuel lopez abra thought had said on tuesday that they themselves had started the fire in protest of their upcoming deputation. but a wednesday with the video coming to light, he was forced to confront allegations that his own governments officials appeared guilty of the was kind of negligence, letting people die e j sitting king. there will be no impunity, those responsible for this painful tragedy will be identified. they will be held accountable and punished in accordance with the law. the 2nd. later in the day,

the met can attorney general's office requested arrest warrants for several people in connection with the fire in c dot. what is mooney was this, and as the names of the dead, we've read out class would just be that any, reflect upon me, rather get it. every migrant has the right to be safe to be protected, not to be mistreated or violated by any authority. because we are not criminals. there been tensions within the buddha city for weeks caused by the large number of migrants from asylum seekers gathered there. some launching celtic pushes to try to get into the us disrupting local commerce. while authorities have been accused of using heavy hand attracted to round them up and get them out. but this isn't just an issue for what is there a detention center for migrants across the country. i are just small protest here outside of mexico's interior ministry. but this has been an issue for some time in

the country migrant detention center, which migrants himself an activist of described as little better than overcrowded prisons. the reality is, the mexico, his relationship with the united states depends in part on its stopping migrants from getting through and to its powerful northern neighbor. so the detention centers and their potations will remain, but tragedies like this one res, yet more red flags about the attitude and treatment woods the migrants had within them. john hohmann al jazeera kristen, brazil's former present, travels laura, has returned home after spending 3 months in the us state of florida. hundreds of his supporters gathered at present is at port ahead of his arrival. one. okay. anna kev is that for us? so monica, where's wilson? are now well, he arrived, he did not come out at the main entrance as his supporters were hoping they were

here. some of them had spent the night waiting for him. he left by his side door and that's because the security. ready did not let him leave used the main entrance . he is headed now towards the headquarters of the liberal party, which is the party that he belongs to, and which he will represent the following months. i want to get these facing a number of legal challenges. so what does his political future hold while his political future is pretty uncertain, he's facing a lot of many charges as you just said. some of them are criminal like spreading fake news about the electoral process, which he questioned, which he said that the elections had been rigged. and many of his followers still believe this is also being investigated for allegedly inflaming the attack against congress. the supreme court and the presidential palace on january 8th by his

supporters. but at the same time, he will be traveling all over brazil and he's trying to strengthen the right in brazil, the conservative forces, so they may win. ah, the next 2 years municipal elections. so he has on one side risks of being in prison or being ineligible on the other side. he's been seen by many as the person that may lead the opposition on. again, ikea brings the latest that from brazilian. thanks very much. monica south, career leading, motor sho, get underway, showcasing new electric vehicles and the latest. and also most of technology. well, the $160.00 companies from 10 countries are taking part in the so the ability show robert bride went to take a look at this event, like every other international motor show. right now. all the talk is of electric

vehicles or e v 's. manufacturers bringing the latest models the promise to overcome the perennial hurdles, such as cost and battery performance. one south korean com maker has used this show to unveil its latest su, v, with a 500 kilometer range on a single charge. so of course, the space is changing very rapidly, the technologies, the possibilities. but also, as you know, for us as creative people, we are seeing opportunities, new opportunities that allow us to design slightly different charging as a particular problem in south korea. where most people live in apartment blocks with limited access to power points. engineers working on ever faster charging stations. so more people switch to electric. honestly, there is definitely potential, as the development of electric cars is rapidly progressing. so is the charging structure and services. and it's not just cause this event is now re branded from

a motor to a mobility show because the same advances in electric vehicle technology are now transforming every moving thing we make from the robots around us to the machines flying above us, also being showcased other kinds of autonomous flying taxes that could soon be filling our skies with south korea, planning on the 1st commercial services within a couple of years. rob mcbride, al jazeera, at the sole mobility show. our new cars sold and the european union must meet 0 emission standards from 2035, as, according to a new law agreed to by e u. countries. law will also require new cars sold from 2030 to have 55 percent lower c o 2 emissions compared to 2021 levels. transport accounts for nearly a quarter of current e u emissions. the target is designed to drive a rapid d carbon i. zation of new car production in europe is this government has backed

legislation that would ban lab grown food and impose heavy fines for those who produce or sell it by men says georgia maloney's government says it was to protect health and would it cause italy's farm food heritage breaking the ban would attract penalties of up to $60000.00 and the vatican says pope france as as improving after being hospitalized with respiratory infection. on wednesday, a sexual head of the roman catholic church had complained of breathing difficulties . he's expected to spend several days receiving treatment. vatican says he's vulnerable to a spiritual problems after having part of one lung removed in his early twenties. that's it for me, laura. kyle. more news here on out of the inside story. ah

hell i was say more very heavy rain into southern parts of china. fair amounts of cloud showing up he exhibit the wet weather just pushing its way out into the china sea. all associated with this weather system which had brought some rain into tie one more wet weather coming into the far south of china as we go through friday. furthermore, it's not too bad some warm spring sunshine coming through. but i think around 23 celsius as is the case to into south japan faring quite nicely over the next couple of days. little 5 dry and sunny weather coming through when it will feel pleasantly warm ashes the case to into so we could touch 25 celsius by saturday afternoon. the cloud of the rain does linger down towards the south wing at $2425.00 there. for hong kong. we got some wet weather making its way across or pakistan into northern parts of india over the next day or so orange warnings in force around northern parts of india, particularly into where friday these large and found very down pause could cause

some problems. so we see that wet weather anywhere from a ramp on job, right, the way into west spangled things will dry up as we go on into sashay, there's too few showers around the foothills of the himalayas. he's an over towards bangladesh. the far north east of in the eastern parts also saying a little bit of rain but brightening for sunday. ah, the journey from childhood into young adulthood is speckled with tribulation for youngsters like reamer. autism is another challenge to add to the mix. armed with a loving family and a caring friend, she bravely lives learns and chases her dreams as she finds her place in the world . oh, see me as i am a witness documentary on al jazeera, both sides in libby.