#ShadowDiplomats @ICIJorg researched which countries host & appoint honorary consuls, & established a transparency index that measures how easy or difficult it is to access this information for each. ICIJ found 78 of the countries did not make public the names of their honorary consuls.
https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/shadow-diplomats-have-posed-a-threat-for-decades-governments-looked-the-other-way/
Transparency Index - Honorary consuls lists published by governments around the world: see the data here https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/honorary-consuls-country-list/

#UberFiles, #EricssonList, #ShadowDiplomats, #TraffickingInc, #RussianArchive, #XinjiangPoliceFiles: How 2022 turned into one of @icij’s biggest years for investigations and impact https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2022/12/how-2022-turned-into-one-of-icijs-biggest-years-for-investigations-and-impact/

How a global data dive uncovered hundreds of honorary consuls linked to crimes or scandals
#ICIJ spent months requesting, collating and analyzing data on honorary consuls from all around the world, reviewing hundreds who were mired in controversy. #ShadowDiplomats
https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/how-a-global-data-dive-uncovered-hundreds-of-honorary-consuls-linked-to-crimes-or-scandals/

¿Te lo perdiste? 🔎 #AlertaCIPER Cónsules honorarios de Chile han sido procesados por corrupción en México y Bélgica. El capítulo chileno de #ShadowDiplomats

@ICIJorg@twitter.com @propublica@twitter.com

https://www.ciperchile.cl/2022/12/05/consules-honorarios-de-chile-han-sido-procesados-por-corrupcion-en-mexico-y-belgica/

RT @ciper@twitter.com

#AlertaCIPER Cónsules honorarios de Chile han sido procesados por corrupción en México y Bélgica

🔎 El capítulo chileno de #ShadowDiplomats @ICIJorg@twitter.com @propublica@twitter.com

https://www.ciperchile.cl/2022/12/05/consules-honorarios-de-chile-han-sido-procesados-por-corrupcion-en-mexico-y-belgica/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ciper/status/1599811377496875020

RT @ICIJorg@twitter.com

NEW: #ShadowDiplomats exposes the global scale of misuse and exploitation of a little-known role in international diplomacy called honorary consuls, undermined by alleged criminals.

Investigated by ICIJ, @ProPublica@twitter.com and 160 journalists in 46 countries. 🧵 https://bit.ly/3hAFpUp

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ICIJorg/status/1592217542285611008

#AlertaCIPER Cónsules honorarios de Chile han sido procesados por corrupción en México y Bélgica

🔎 El capítulo chileno de #ShadowDiplomats @ICIJorg@twitter.com @propublica@twitter.com

https://www.ciperchile.cl/2022/12/05/consules-honorarios-de-chile-han-sido-procesados-por-corrupcion-en-mexico-y-belgica/

NEW: Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has appointed dozens of honorary consuls. Many spread pro-Kremlin sentiment around the world.

The latest from our #ShadowDiplomats investigation with @ProPublica

https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/russia-putin-honorary-consuls-kremlin-diplomacy/

Agents of influence: How #Russia deploys an army of #ShadowDiplomats https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/russia-putin-honorary-consuls-kremlin-diplomacy/ via @ICIJorg

RT @ChristianFuchs_@twitter.com

Geplant wurde das Projekt im russischen Claas-Werk in Krasnodar. Der langjährige Generaldirektor von Claas ist gleichzeitig 🇩🇪Honorarkonsul. Half also ein Mitarbeiter @AuswaertigesAmt@twitter.com dabei, die Außenpolitik der Bundesregierung zu torpedieren? #ShadowDiplomats #UkraineRussiaWar

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ChristianFuchs_/status/1597980542221574151

Am zweeten Deel vum Podcast hunn ech mam @luccaregari iwwert d'Recherche #shadowdiplomats geschwat a wat hien rausfonnt huet iwwert d'"consuls honoraires" vu 🇱🇺. Et ass eng "ehrenwert Gesellschaft" … https://www.reporter.lu/podcast-on-the-record-lektiounen-aus-der-pandemie/

Beaucoup de consuls honoraires appointés par le Luxembourg sont accusés dans différentes affaires criminelles ou scandales variés.

RT @reporter_lu@twitter.com

Die internationale Recherche #ShadowDiplomats von @ICIJorg@twitter.com und @propublica@twitter.com zeigt: Viele Honorarkonsuln sind in Straftaten oder andere Skandale verwickelt. Auch in der Liste jener Ehrenbotschafter, die 🇱🇺 Interessen vertreten, sind wir fündig geworden. https://www.reporter.lu/shadow-diplomats-luxemburgs-honorarkonsuln-im-zwielicht/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/reporter_lu/status/1594571311036047360

#ShadowDiplomats

Luxemburgs Honorarkonsuln im Zwielicht

https://www.reporter.lu/shadow-diplomats-luxemburgs-honorarkonsuln-im-zwielicht/
https://justpaste.it/ShadowDiplomats

#shadowdiplomats Eng international Recherche wéist vill problematesch Personnagen ënnert den "consuls honoraires". De @luccaregari huet och fir 🇱🇺 Fäll fonnt, déi d'Fro opwerft, wien Lëtzebuerg representéiert. A wéi den Ausseministère déi Léit kontrolléiert. https://www.reporter.lu/shadow-diplomats-luxemburgs-honorarkonsuln-im-zwielicht/

RT @SZ@twitter.com

#ShadowDiplomats: Wie der Honorarkonsul für Belarus in Italien Einfluss auf die Wahl des europäischen Fechtpräsidenten nahm. Eine Recherche von @SZ_Investigativ@twitter.com, @NDRrecherche@twitter.com, @WDRinvestigativ@twitter.com #SZPlus https://sz.de/1.5698779?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=twitterbot&utm_campaign=1.5698779

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SZ/status/1593637786120134656

Earlier this week, we published the first chapter of our latest investigation with ProPublica.

The #ShadowDiplomats reveals the inner workings behind honorary consuls, the least-regulated actors in international diplomacy.

https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/

"The untold story of how hundreds of rogue #honoraryconsuls, including alleged #terror financiers and #criminals, have undermined a little-known system of global diplomacy"

An #ICIJ #Investigation
#ShadowDiplomats
https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/

#Honorarkonsul*in ist ein Ehrenamt.
Er/Sie vertritt d. Staat, wo der keine berufskonsularische Vertretung finanzieren kann/will.
Doch nicht jede/r ist ein/e #Ehrenmann/frau

#ShadowDiplomats
Schattendiplomaten: Die schmutzigen Geschäfte der Honorarkonsuln
https://www.profil.at/wirtschaft/schattendiplomaten-die-schmutzigen-geschaefte-der-honorarkonsuln/402217857

Hej @dkmedier@twitter.com. Værd at holde øje med denne bølge af historier.

RT @ICIJorg@twitter.com

NEW: #ShadowDiplomats exposes the global scale of misuse and exploitation of a little-known role in international diplomacy called honorary consuls, undermined by alleged criminals.

Investigated by ICIJ, @ProPublica@twitter.com and 160 journalists in 46 countries. 🧵 https://bit.ly/3hAFpUp

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ICIJorg/status/1592217542285611008

RT @WillFitzgibbon@twitter.com

We reporters searched court records, media archives and other sources in dozens of languages to find 500+ past and current honorary consuls accused of wrongdoing. Many had abused their diplomatic status.

The result: #shadowdiplomats @ICIJorg@twitter.com @propublica@twitter.com

https://www.icij.org/investigations/shadow-diplomats/accused-terror-financiers-arms-drug-traffickers/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WillFitzgibbon/status/1592245354421813248