Al Jazeera Investigates

Al Jazeera’s three-year investigation into the US’s gun lobby uncovers how officials from a far-right Australian political party sought millions of dollars in political funding, while offering to soften the Pacific country’s strict anti-gun laws. Using hidden cameras, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit tracked representatives of ‘Pauline Hanson’s One Nation’ as they traveled to Washington DC for meetings with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other lobby groups, including the energy giant, Koch Industries. James Ashby, One Nation’s chief of staff, and Steve Dickson, its leader in the Australian state of Queensland, were recorded seeking up to $20m for their election war chest, while promising to loosen legal restrictions placed on firearms after a massacre in Australia in 1996. The NRA has often condemned Australia’s gun laws.

Karaoke. Chemistry. Killing. This is the story of a brazen chemical attack at daytime in a busy airport. It claimed the life of the North Korean leader’s eldest brother within two hours. The men who planned and executed the attack escaped, leaving two young women to face the consequences. The man suspected of cooking up the chemical concoction that killed Kim Jong Nam got away after two weeks under arrest. Despite the evidence, Al Jazeera finds he is free and happy. Meet the Karaoke Chemist believed to be behind the most high-profile assassinations of recent times.

How much would you pay for diplomatic immunity? The trade in Caribbean diplomatic passports has become a magnet for wealthy foreigners, corrupt businessmen and criminals from around the world. Al Jazeera exposes two prime ministers who are complicit in the deals. The investigation reveals details of how an oil smuggler, turned ambassador, turned international fugitive bought his way into the diplomatic class. Investigators go undercover to reveal the inner-workings of a secret system: to find out how much it costs and what it takes to purchase what’s become the ultimate luxury item; a diplomatic passport.

Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit secretly films officials in Namibia demanding cash in exchange for political favours. It’s a story of how foreign companies plunder Africa’s natural resources. Using confidential documents provided to Al Jazeera by Wikileaks, . “Anatomy of a Bribe” exposes the government ministers and public officials willing to sell off Namibia’s assets in return for millions of dollars in bribes.