:00:06. > :00:14.it will bring peace to her village. Some of her neighbours say it could
:00:14. > :00:23.be out of place. At her home in North Hykeham sister Mary and Joyce
:00:23. > :00:32.tending her garden. Her bungalow could look something like this, an
:00:32. > :00:37.enormous cross 20 feet high would tower over the time. There are 400-
:00:37. > :00:43.500 crosses around the world. They are meant for everyone. Not just
:00:43. > :00:49.for me. They are for spiritual protection for the area, city and
:00:49. > :00:58.the county. Not all of those living in the area or think it is a good
:00:58. > :01:05.idea. I think it is absolutely outrageous. I have only just got to
:01:05. > :01:10.know about it. I am just shocked. I cannot believe that anyone would
:01:10. > :01:16.want to impose such an odious object in full view of the public.
:01:16. > :01:21.Others are more supportive. Nice to see an expression of Christian
:01:21. > :01:28.Identity. Good luck to the lady for having the courage of her
:01:28. > :01:34.convictions to do so. The sister is no stranger to controversy. She
:01:34. > :01:44.still considers herself a noun. Her campaign against the Ffion, the
:01:44. > :01:59.
:01:59. > :02:05.Diffin she code, took her to the Cannes Film Festival. -- film, the
:02:05. > :02:15.Da Vinci Code. Her across has attracted both support and
:02:15. > :02:19.
:02:19. > :02:29.opposition. -- cross. Planners will have the final say after 21st July.
:02:29. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:41.That's all for me for now. It's time for Our World. Money makes the
:02:41. > :02:42.
:02:42. > :02:52.world go around. This is what happens when billions are stolen
:02:52. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :02:59.from Africa's for by their own politicians. He gave me $16 million
:02:59. > :03:04.in cash. The crimes are hidden by contacts and institutions in the
:03:04. > :03:14.rich and developed nations of the West. He is bringing large amounts
:03:14. > :03:24.of cash with him on the flights. Each and every action he did was
:03:24. > :03:43.
:03:43. > :03:47.corrupt. It is January, 2004. Police are a
:03:47. > :03:57.quarter of a hotel where a guest is outside his room on the fifth floor
:03:57. > :03:57.
:03:57. > :04:07.giving away money. He was throwing notes around like confetti. Giving
:04:07. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:21.the staff. Just like that. INAUDIBLE. He had so much.
:04:21. > :04:25.guest was a senior politician from Nigeria, a state governor. His
:04:25. > :04:32.arrest overtime would lead investigators to worldwide networks
:04:32. > :04:37.for laundering money. Politicians in Africa would steal millions and
:04:37. > :04:47.then people in respectable offices in London and elsewhere would bury
:04:47. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:59.the traces, cover them up so they looked legitimate. The Governor is
:04:59. > :05:06.
:05:06. > :05:13.coming! In Nigeria state governors ruled the roost. They are viewed
:05:13. > :05:19.with awe or contempt. Supporters of this governor are on the streets.
:05:19. > :05:24.He is at the courthouse. He is charged with stealing $100 million
:05:24. > :05:30.from state coffers. In the past decade since the cash giveaway at
:05:30. > :05:37.the London hotel, governors in more than 50% of Nigeria's 36 states
:05:37. > :05:44.have faced similar charges. This is just the latest. Even when
:05:44. > :05:50.convicted few go to jail. Justice like everything else can be
:05:50. > :05:58.compromised. One Nigerian Observer has just said to me rather Rivoli,
:05:58. > :06:05.this is how we celebrate corruption. The consequences of corruption are
:06:05. > :06:15.just around the corner. No pavements, no roads and filth. This
:06:15. > :06:15.
:06:15. > :06:24.is the centre of the state capital. All the situation... This is the
:06:24. > :06:29.business district. Detectives from London following up on the governor
:06:29. > :06:39.who gave away money eventually went to Nigeria to testify in a number
:06:39. > :06:39.
:06:39. > :06:45.of cases. It was a culture shock. We went to his impeachment hearing,
:06:45. > :06:55.that was a little tricky. We had an armed escort, we felt reasonably
:06:55. > :07:00.
:07:01. > :07:09.safe. We were brought in by helicopter into Jos. 500 security
:07:09. > :07:16.personnel. Guns everywhere. Britain's department for
:07:16. > :07:24.development keen to establish its anti-corruption credentials funded
:07:24. > :07:32.the investigation. These were people who faced gun shots and
:07:32. > :07:42.worse in their quest to clean up Nigeria. It was very difficult.
:07:42. > :07:42.
:07:42. > :07:45.Extremely powerful people with so much money and resources. As well
:07:45. > :07:51.as followers. To bring them to justice was the most difficult
:07:51. > :07:58.thing you could imagine. No-one was more powerful than the biggest
:07:58. > :08:04.target of all, James Ibori. In the scale of corrupt governors, where
:08:04. > :08:09.his James Ibori? Very much on top. He rubbed Nigerian state funds of
:08:09. > :08:16.untold fortunes. He started out here in West London working as a
:08:16. > :08:20.cashier in a hardware store. He was sacked for allowing his wife for
:08:20. > :08:26.taking �200 worth of material without paying. The following year
:08:26. > :08:30.he was arrested again for using a stolen credit card. He now had two
:08:30. > :08:38.convictions for dishonesty and was facing county court judgments for
:08:38. > :08:43.debt. It was 1991. James Ibori fled back to Nigeria. He was broke and
:08:43. > :08:48.at rock-bottom. By the end of the decade he managed to become one of
:08:48. > :08:54.the richest and most important role was in all Africa. As it has been
:08:54. > :09:04.so often since independence, Nigeria in the 1990s was in the
:09:04. > :09:10.grip of a military dictatorship. It is reckoned the family stole up to
:09:10. > :09:20.$7 billion from the state. For the newly returned James Ibori, the
:09:20. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:31.cronies were the people to impress. He became the chief of staff... The
:09:31. > :09:36.chief security officer, they became extremely close. That was the
:09:36. > :09:44.beginning. The starting point of how James Ibori became a very
:09:44. > :09:50.powerful person in Nigeria. Niger Delta should be one of the
:09:50. > :09:58.most prosperous regions in the earth. It produces millions of
:09:58. > :10:03.dollars. The riches go into the pockets of the elite. James Ibori,
:10:03. > :10:13.sponsored by Nigeria's ruling clique became governor of Delta
:10:13. > :10:16.
:10:16. > :10:21.State. His salary was $25,000. But he was soon a very wealthy man.
:10:21. > :10:28.This man set up Nigeria's anti- corruption squad. His prime target
:10:28. > :10:35.was James Ibori. He was buying companies, aeroplanes, he had
:10:35. > :10:45.properties in South Africa, UK, US and so on. What is more he was
:10:45. > :10:53.
:10:53. > :11:02.offering huge bribes. He offered 50 million me $15 million -- he
:11:02. > :11:10.offered me a $15 million. How could you resist the temptation? There is
:11:10. > :11:17.no difference between $100, $10 million, $100 million. It was wrong.
:11:17. > :11:22.It is not yours. Especially an individual fighting corruption.
:11:22. > :11:27.Governors in Nigeria are immune from prosecution while in office.
:11:27. > :11:37.At the end of his term he was charged with corruption. When the
:11:37. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:42.police moved in he made a run for it. There was a chase through the
:11:42. > :11:47.suburbs with James Ibori's car trailed by the anti-corruption
:11:47. > :11:55.squad. He finally took refuge in the lodge of a personal friend. The
:11:55. > :12:05.Governor of another state. It was only after a prolonged stand-off
:12:05. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:12.that James Ibori gave himself up. This is one of the interrogation
:12:12. > :12:18.rooms where Nigeria's politically exposed people, governors accused
:12:18. > :12:25.of corruption, have been brought. For much of the past ten years the
:12:25. > :12:35.man who has been directing the interrogations is this man. His
:12:35. > :12:42.
:12:42. > :12:49.biggest challenge, James Ibori. think we underestimated what was
:12:49. > :12:54.coming after his arrest. He faced 140 charges. When he was brought
:12:54. > :13:03.before a court every one of them was dismissed. James Ibori walked
:13:03. > :13:07.free. For Nigeria's anti-corruption scored it was a devastating blow.
:13:08. > :13:17.His anti-corruption work had amassed to many enemies. They tried
:13:17. > :13:24.to kill him. The car was bullet- proof, it needed to be. On a
:13:24. > :13:34.country road he was ambushed. After a second attempt on his life he
:13:34. > :13:37.
:13:37. > :13:47.went into exile, leaving behind a political class. It is a product of
:13:47. > :13:51.
:13:51. > :13:57.this completely corrupt system. He was so rich and powerful. With
:13:57. > :14:03.corruption thwarting justice within Nigeria, 3,000 miles away there was
:14:03. > :14:09.a breakthrough. Investigators in London had been following the
:14:09. > :14:15.activities of James Ibori. Huge amounts of money coming in from
:14:15. > :14:22.Nigerian companies. Huge amounts of cash coming into those accounts.
:14:22. > :14:29.They live extortionate lifestyles. �180,000 a month on a credit card.
:14:29. > :14:34.Every month. What was he buying? was spending money like water.
:14:34. > :14:39.should have been in Poland for a trip. He spent two days there. He
:14:39. > :14:49.flew back into London and then flew off to Miami and Los Vegas for 14
:14:49. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :15:02.days. He was bringing large amounts # You never give me your money
:15:03. > :15:07.His $5 million house in Hampstead is up for sale.
:15:07. > :15:15.There were various properties around the globe.
:15:15. > :15:21.He had luxury cars on threet continents private schools and tens
:15:21. > :15:31.of millions of assets. He had a bent London solicitor.
:15:31. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:41.The lawyer's name was Badrash and he worked in Mayfair. The law firm
:15:41. > :15:51.had offices here. We know he worked for the former President of Samibia
:15:51. > :15:51.
:15:51. > :16:01.who was akiezed of gross corruption. We know he helped Zabori to launder
:16:01. > :16:06.millions. If there was suspicions of staff,
:16:06. > :16:11.they would have to go to him. compliance man? Correct. When the
:16:11. > :16:20.police raided Gohill's office they found plans of money laundering
:16:20. > :16:30.designed to hide the funds. They were there on computer hard-drives.
:16:30. > :16:34.
:16:34. > :16:40.One scam described thedeposit of a $20 million private jet.
:16:40. > :16:46.It went to Luxembourg, Germany, niejeer ja or four, five occasions.
:16:46. > :16:50.It goes bath r back and forth. He had a company inkorpl rated in
:16:50. > :16:55.Polynesia. Money makes the world go around. To
:16:55. > :17:00.buy the plane, Gohill used the secret accounts in Nigeria and
:17:00. > :17:06.America. To trace the source of one Swiss account, he'd have to go to
:17:06. > :17:16.companies incorporated in Mauritious, in turn set up by a
:17:16. > :17:17.
:17:17. > :17:22.foundation in Panama, created by a trust in Polynesia, to disguise the
:17:22. > :17:29.truth about his wealth. He brought his wife, mistress and sister, all
:17:29. > :17:32.jailed for their part. Gohillt solicitor, got seven years. James
:17:32. > :17:38.Abori himself was sentenced to 13 years. But the story is far from
:17:38. > :17:41.over. What emerged since provides a bleak illustration of how
:17:41. > :17:44.corruption casts a cloud which spreads and lingers. Serious
:17:44. > :17:51.questions have been raised about the way the investigation was
:17:51. > :17:56.handled by the British Government and the UK police. To rewind,
:17:56. > :17:58.Ibori's trial went ahead December Mursiings from the defence that the
:17:58. > :18:03.London Police were involved in corruption.
:18:03. > :18:09.I asked the detectives what they felt about that.
:18:09. > :18:16.There's allegations of whether they were direct from James Ibori irk
:18:16. > :18:21.couldn't. It's disgraceful. But then weeks after Ibori's trial
:18:21. > :18:28.a committee of UK MPs heard evidence from the lawyer for Gohil.
:18:28. > :18:33.He suggested the London detectives still had serious questions to
:18:33. > :18:40.answer about what he allege was their own criminal conduct. The key
:18:40. > :18:46.cup prits appear to be the key players. The Senior Investigating
:18:46. > :18:56.cuff officer, DI Gary Walters and two of the key investigateers, DC
:18:56. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:02.John McDonald's and DC Clarke. Together they top and tail things
:19:02. > :19:06.so that in a way their own misconduct can't be detected.
:19:06. > :19:16.unnamed serving constable and three former officers were arrested on
:19:16. > :19:17.
:19:17. > :19:22.suspicion of involvement in bribery. They are all on bail. Andrew
:19:22. > :19:30.Mitchell says his department spent $500.
:19:30. > :19:35.It showed thaish commitment to rooting out corruption.
:19:35. > :19:45.He was allegedly embroiled in Ibori's cash laundering.
:19:45. > :19:45.
:19:45. > :19:53.Three years ago an Anglo Nigerian businessman warned that his
:19:53. > :20:00.enterprise arm involved with Ibori's company. But... Instead of
:20:00. > :20:04.investigating my report, the people who I accused place me under
:20:04. > :20:09.investigation. The whole idea of protecting my confidentiality was
:20:09. > :20:13.thrown out of the window right from the beginning.
:20:13. > :20:18.It was found every aspect of his life, birth in England, education
:20:18. > :20:22.and businesses in Nigeria, were put under covert investigation. He was
:20:22. > :20:32.secretly watched and photographed. That was the start.
:20:32. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:45.It becomes my house. I'm very, very upset about that,
:20:45. > :20:49.because I cannot see the baring, how that bears on my children. I
:20:49. > :20:59.can't see any investigation into me. What has that to do with my
:20:59. > :21:03.
:21:03. > :21:10.children, their school, identity. We learned Nigeria's anti-
:21:10. > :21:15.corruption squad, part funded by UK government aid.
:21:15. > :21:20.The money the whistle blower linked to laundering. Seven years after it
:21:20. > :21:26.began, funding inquiries into Nigeria's corrupt government ners.
:21:26. > :21:30.The UK's Government Aid agency finds itself on both sides of of a
:21:30. > :21:35.criminal investigation. That incredible paradox that the
:21:35. > :21:38.same people that have funded the prosecution are the same people
:21:38. > :21:42.that have funded activities which are now being investigated.
:21:42. > :21:45.Which are now investigated. In a statement they said their inquiries
:21:45. > :21:55.of three years ago found no indication British aid had been
:21:55. > :22:01.
:22:01. > :22:05.Amid the decay of corruption, the - some of Nigeria's politicians
:22:05. > :22:10.learned to read and write in this school.
:22:10. > :22:20.Back then it had a proper roof and windows and a floor.
:22:20. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:25.Now there's none of that. Most of the classes have a flr
:22:25. > :22:28.that's not good for children to sit. We manage it. We complained to the
:22:28. > :22:33.Government, but up to now nothing has been done. There should be
:22:33. > :22:37.plenty of money. Nigeria is not poor. You know, as we are in this
:22:37. > :22:43.country, whatever you complain to government, they will not listen to
:22:43. > :22:48.you. So we don't know what they are doing with the money. Do you think
:22:48. > :22:58.corruption... Yes, corruption. It's very, very sad. We don't know when
:22:58. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:10.According to one American diplomat, James Ibori may have robbed Nigeria
:23:10. > :23:15.of as much as $2 billion to $3 billion. That is a fraction of the
:23:15. > :23:25.$30 billion it is estimated Nigeria lost in illicit deals in the last
:23:25. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:35.Some of the luxury cars used by the gang r governors are now parked in
:23:35. > :23:38.a field close to the headquarters of the Anti-Corruption Squad.
:23:38. > :23:43.They've been confiscated. But it's a tiny victory for a state drowning
:23:43. > :23:48.in corruption's tide. People are entrusted, in the eyes
:23:48. > :23:54.of the politicians, to manage their affairs, because political office
:23:54. > :24:00.is pursued first. Look at this, they are in bad shape. Most of the