Impact | Al Jazeera Investigates

The findings from the Investigative Unit have made front-page news in many of the world’s most respected newspapers including The Guardian, Mail on Sunday and Daily Telegraph in Britain, India’s Hindustan Times, Le Monde in France, El Pais in Spain, The Australian, The New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today.
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The investigation caused a firestorm in Bangladesh. Dhaka’s The New Age newspaper wrote that it was “met by a crush of embarrassment in almost every sphere of the state…to the extent that it was a bombshell, ‘All the Prime Minister’s Men’ was a real stink bomb.”
The documentary received more than eight million views on YouTube alone. Local media described it as an “explosive” film that had gone “viral on social media”.
Bangladesh authorities labelled the investigation as 'false, defamatory and politically motivated’.
The Economist wrote, “The Bangladeshi government did not investigate the allegations. It did not even bother to rebut the claims in detail…. Instead, it simply dismissed the whole story as a “smear campaign”.
Bangladesh’s main opposition party, the BNP, demanded answers from the government on the evidence of corruption presented in the investigation.
In February 2021, a Dhaka court indicted in absentia two journalists involved in the production, as well as the Director General of Al Jazeera, on sedition charges.
Bangladesh police also charged a source under the country’s Digital Security Act for "spreading rumours and carrying out anti-government activities".
Happy New Year 2022...🐍#DhakaMafia🐍 pic.twitter.com/CH2Fxh24My
Il complotto ideato da una potente famiglia criminale del #Bangladesh per portare a compimento un colpo di stato nel paese, rivelato dall'inchiesta di @AlJazeera vincitrice di @DIGawards raccontata da uno degli autori @willthorne1 a #Checkpoint @RaiNews @msapia24 pic.twitter.com/GylEYOyI0M
কৃষ্ণ করলে লীলাখেলা,আমি করলে ঢং! বেগম খালেদা জিয়া করলে “পাকিস্তান প্রীতি” আর আমি করলে “ম্যাংগো ডিপ্লোম্যাসি”!#DhakaMafia pic.twitter.com/VEfd36pJ7v
(3)HR Prime Minister #SheikhHasina @AJIunit #AllThePrimeMinistersMen #DhakaMafia pic.twitter.com/kZPyD1zYqP
বাংলার জনগণের রক্তের উপর দাঁড়িয়ে স্বামী স্ত্রীর ভালোবাসা!#DhakaMafia #ShiekhHasina pic.twitter.com/0Ukvh38I9F
"We all are prime minister's victim."#Bangladeshi suffers the illegal #awamileague govt. a lot.#SaveBangladesh#Bangladeshi #Dhakamafia #Hasinakilleddemocracy pic.twitter.com/CnOjSvB7Iq
Seems that @AJEnglish is doing a better job tracking these guys than the Interpol?
Pro-government journalists and member of ruling party's foreign affairs sub-committee held human chain in #Bangladeshi capital protesting against @AJIunit over recent investigative report relating high profile crimes labelled #DhakaMafia. PC collected. https://t.co/9eGZ9xenS9
A group of Bangladeshi journalists brought out a protest rally condemning #AlJazeera report on the country’s high officials involvement in irregularities. Photo: collected #DhakaMafia pic.twitter.com/GmdVqcTFZo
What a brilliant piece of investigative journalism by Al Jazeera, exposing Bangladeshi sitting Army chief General Aziz and his brothers who are running #DhakaMafia to kill, loot and launder money. https://t.co/KzifHGAozx
Unimaginable, I want to believe all this is fake. 🥺🤦‍♂️😭#DhakaMafia