Yakuza Kingpin Admits to Trafficking Drugs, Arms, and Nuclear Material in U.S. Court
Takeshi Ebisawa, a high-ranking Yakuza member, has pleaded guilty in a New York court to trafficking weapons-grade nuclear...
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How Solomon Islands’ Donor-Funded Water Plant Became a Costly Failure
A major donor-funded water plant in the capital of Solomon Islands was supposed to fix a clean water crisis. But people...
Know Your Host: Why It Matters That Azerbaijan Is Hosting the COP29 Climate Summit
Ahead of COP29, Azerbaijan Cultivated Allies in the U.K.’s House of Lords Who Praised its Leadership
This year’s host country for the COP climate conference, an authoritarian petrostate, has long courted members of Britain’s...
EXCLUSIVE: Singapore Money Laundering Suspects Spent Lavishly on Dubai Real Estate
Suspected members of a massive Singapore money laundering syndicate snapped up almost $30 million in Dubai properties,...
Kyrgyz Court Upholds Sentences for Journalists in Crackdown on Free Speech
A Kyrgyz court upheld prison and probation sentences for four Temirov Live journalists accused of “calling for mass unrest,”...
Luxury London Properties Linked to Family of Azerbaijan's President Are Hidden Behind an Offshore Trust
The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of...
Dubai Unlocked
The Grandson of Tajikistan's President Bought a Dubai Apartment at Age 9. Where Did the Money Come From?
Leaked property records show Tajikistan’s political elite have a taste for luxury apartments in Dubai. One of them, the...
Two Years After Protest Crackdown, Tajikistan’s Journalists Have Gone Into Exile. Here’s What’s Lost When Journalists Flee.
The repressive Central Asian nation has never been an easy place to be a journalist. But a notorious crackdown on peaceful...
Kazakhstan’s Senate Approves State Secrets Law Expanding Ex-Presidents' Protections
Kazakh Parliament passes legal changes to make personal lives of ex-presidents and their families a state secret
U.S. Hits Chinese Cyber Firm for Critical Infrastructure Attack
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned a Chinese cybersecurity firm, Sichuan Silence, and its employee, Guan Tianfeng, for their...
Kyrgyzstan’s $700 Million Corruption Case Figure Fined for Border Violation
Former Kyrgyz Customs official Raimbek Matraimov, implicated in embezzling $700 million and sparking nationwide protests in...
Azerbaijan Detains Journalists in Escalating Media Crackdown
Azerbaijan escalates its clampdown on independent media, detaining journalists on disputable charges of currency smuggling....