Former Nigerian spy chief, presidential and vice-presidential aspirant, and close associate of corrupt military dictator Sani Abacha. Shinkafi’s son-in-law, Atiku Bagudu, also served as a key money launderer for the Abacha family, according to U.S. prosecutors.

Read OCCRP’s investigation into how Shinkafi’s highest-value account in the Suisse Secrets data was shared between powerful political figures from West and Central Africa and employees of a Swiss-based firm at the heart of a massive bribery scandal in Nigeria.