Illegal Holdings

When Aisa Simango, head of a development agency in Maputo, Mozambique, discovers five million dollars missing from Nossa Terra’s accounts, her gut tells her it’s not just a glitch. Nossa Terra never even received the money. The arrival of UN fraud investigator Valentin Vermeulen at her office confirms her suspicions. Someone has set up Nossa Terra to fail. But who would target a small agency dedicated to helping landless farmers?

Vermeulen intends to find out. Tracing the missing money sucks him into a labyrinth of corporate corruption, cover-ups, and hired assassins. With the help of investigative journalist Tessa Bishonga, he discovers signs pointing to a larger scheme—more sinister than he or Simango imagined. From the bustling streets of Maputo to Mozambique’s fertile farmlands and back, Vermeulen races to unravel and expose the truth before he’s stopped, permanently…