Experts Welcome Amendment to U.S. Whistleblower Bill
Experts welcomed the amendment that aims to close the loopholes of the 2021 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Whistleblower Act by...
Power and Influence
Kazakhstan Investigates Another Relative of Former Ruler Nazarbayev
Authorities in Kazakhstan confirmed on Monday that they are investigating claims made by a local businessman who accused the...
US Says Tunisian President’s Dismissal of Judges Undermines Democracy
The United States criticized Tunisian President Kais Saied for dismissing 57 judges on accusatiations of corruption and...
Lebanon: Druze Anti-Graft Politician Upsets Hezbollah with Victory at the Polls
Being a member of a religious minority and someone who does not support Hezbollah, Firas Hamdan was an unlikely man to take...
Fueling Secession, Promising Bitcoins: How a Russian Operator Urged Catalonian Leaders to Break With Madrid
Catalonian leaders referred to the man who offered them troops and money to secede from Spain as “Putin’s envoy.” Reporters...
Spain and EU to Probe Allegations of Spying on Citizens
Spain said it will investigate allegations that the phones of several supporters of Catalan independence were infected with...
Cyprus Retracts “Golden Passports” from Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Authorities in Cyprus have revoked the passports of four sanctioned Russian nationals and their families who were awarded...
One Family’s ‘Golden Age’: President’s Relative Controls Turkmenistan’s Only Mobile Operator
Turkmenistan’s only mobile operator, Altyn Asyr, enjoys an undisputed monopoly despite frequent complaints about poor...
“A Faustian Pact”: How Henley & Partners’ “Passport King” and Cambridge Analytica’s Parent Firm Sought to Sway Caribbean Politics
In 2009 and 2010, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, which infamously misused Facebook data in the 2016 U.S....
Armenia Investigates ex-President’s Second Passport Discovered by OCCRP
Armenian authorities said they are investigating whether former President Armen Sarkissian purchased a St. Kitts and Nevis...
U.S. Bans Honduran Ex-President from Entering the Country over Corruption
The United States introduced visa restrictions against the former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and included his...
Belarus Hackers Declared Terrorists After Exposing Dubious Donation to Regime
The Belarusian Supreme Court declared on Tuesday a network of informal pro-democracy organizations a ‘terrorist movement’...