University challenge – a special report on laundering in higher education

Common crooks and kleptocrats want the best tertiary education money can buy for their children, whether to launder the stain of their own criminality and allow the next generation a fresh start or to ensure the same are academically qualified/‘tooled-up’ to take the family trade to the next illicit level. Those with shorter term ambitions may study how to exploit the refund mechanism around overpayments and course withdrawals. MLB correspondents go back to college to investigate:  Keith Nuthall, in Ottawa; Andreia Nogueira, in Lisbon; Sara Lewis, in Brussels; Raghavendra Verma, in New Delhi; Samuel Okocha, in Lagos; and Mark Godfrey.