Moussa Aksar, ICIJ member (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) and editor of L’Evenement, uncovered the details of a military procurement scandal that ravaged Niger by matching information from a government audit with bank statements in FinCEN files. The investigation showed how US $ 120 million was diverted from one of the poorest countries in the world to the accounts of UK shell companies. Faced with death threats, this whistleblower has been brought to justice for his reporting which has been included in a lawsuit filed by local civil society organizations seeking to force a government investigation into the disappearance of spending by defense…
