Exclusive: Cyprus sold passports to ‘politically exposed persons’

Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has found the government of Cyprus sold passports to senior officials and politicians classified by the European Union as high risk for money laundering and corruption.
The findings are in The Cyprus Papers – a large-scale leak of documents obtained by Al Jazeera.
In our second report, Al Jazeera’s Deborah Davies reveals the country made millions of dollars selling citizenship violating EU anti-corruption rules.