The Prosecution That Should Never Have Happened
How the World Bank’s own anti-corruption unit fabricated evidence, suppressed witnesses, and waged a five-year campaign to destroy...
How the World Bank Waged War on a Whistleblower – and Lost Before Its Own Tribunal
This report in the One Man’s Fight series begins with a dry contractual detail: a $48,000 office-rent line...
Loss of Moral Compass: How the World Bank Benefited from Corruption in Afghanistan
Unicon Ltd., a British contractor, lays bare a disturbing story from two World Bank-financed projects in Afghanistan –...
Fraud and Corruption in Afghanistan: A Case of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
This Report documents how a World Bank-financed energy project in Afghanistan was derailed by corruption, fraud, and institutional...
World Bank Misconduct in Afghanistan – A Case of Corruption, Extortion, and Retaliation
In 2019, Unicon Ltd., a British contractor, signed a World Bank-financed contract with Afghanistan’s Ministry of Energy and...
World Bank Defies Tribunal Ruling and Profits from Corruption in Afghanistan’s Gas Project
In February 2023, a tribunal constituted under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued an award...
CASA-1000 in Afghanistan: How the World Bank Became the Final Beneficiary of Corruption and Extortion
The Central Asia – South Asia power project, commonly known as CASA-1000, is a $1.2 billion initiative designed...
Corrupted Justice: How a Tribunal Made the World Bank’s Inconvenient Clause Disappear (PCA Case No. 2023-69)
A tribunal was asked a narrow question: did the World Bank breach Article 25.03 of its own contract?...
PCA Case No. 2023-69: Questioning the Award’s Integrity (Open Letter)
The letter below was sent to the Arbitral Tribunal in PCA Case No. 2023-69 and the World Bank,...
The World Bank’s ‘Integrity’ Vice Presidency: Exposing Its Own Corruption
Over a gruelling five-year investigation, Unicon’s vocal stance against the World Bank’s misconduct in Afghanistan has been met...