Revisited: Vanuatu’s golden passports

One of our best Full Story episodes from 2021 was this Guardian investigation into a scheme allowing foreign nationals to purchase citizenship in Vanuatu, or ‘golden passports’ – and with it, visa-free access to the EU and UK. While such citizenship schemes are not illegal or unusual, Guardian Australia revealed that among Vanuatu’s newest citizens are senior political figures from around the world, as well as several convicted and alleged criminals Pacific editor Kate Lyons and freelance reporter Euan Ward speak to Laura Murphy-Oates about how this passport scheme works and how it could be exploited