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From spies to oligarchs, Vanuatu's golden passports a must-have

Aerial view of Vanuatu, with Russian, Vanuatu and Chinese passports.
Aerial view of Vanuatu, with Russian, Vanuatu and Chinese passports. © Guo Lei/Xinhua News Agency/MaxPPP//Viorika/iStock//Montage Bénédicte Gouttebroze/Indigo Publications
Vanuatu files 1/3. Intelligence Online has obtained the official list of foreign nationals who have acquired a passport from the South Pacific state in recent years. The document allows visa-free travel to 130 countries and is favoured by intelligence and business figures alike. [...]
Reading time 6 minutes Antoine Izambard, Louis Raymond

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