US, EU, & UK Take Further Action to Slow Russian War Machine
In order to throw a wrench into the Russian war machine’s advances, the United Kingdom, the United States and their European...
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US Sanctions North Korean Crypto-Laundromat, Indicts Bitcoin Mining CEO
U.S. authorities have sanctioned a cryptocurrency ‘tumbler’ used by North Korea to launder stolen digital currency, the...
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...
Sanctioned Russian President Sanctions ‘Unfriendly Countries’
After the West imposed heavy sanctions against Vladimir Putin and his inner circle over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the...
Report: Organ Transplant Tourism Rising Globally; China No1 Offender
The process of organ transplantation, developed over the last century, has been hailed as a modern miracle, but, according...
Report: Massive Destruction of Tropical and Boreal Forests in 2021
Tropical rainforests – which are vitally important for carbon storage and biodiversity – are disappearing at a rate of...
US SEC to Expand Cyber Investigations Unit Amid Growing Crypto-Threats
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to almost double its cyber and cryptocurrency investigations staff under...
Dubai Uncovered: Data Leak Exposes How Criminals, Officials, and Sanctioned Politicians Poured Money Into Dubai Real Estate
Russian politicians under Western sanctions, financial criminals, and corrupt European officials all own real estate in the...
Canada Set to Give Russian Assets to Ukrainian Victims
In a busy week, the Canadian government levied sanctions against 203 individuals loyal to President Vladimir Putin and his...
The Kremlin Connections Behind Cyprus’s RCB Bank
RCB Bank was set up and owned by a Russian bank dubbed Putin’s “piggy bank." Despite making moves to obscure its...
Navalny’s Foundation Lists Putin’s 6,000 Bribe Takers and Warmongers
In another act of defiance against the Kremlin, the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) published Tuesday a list of over 6,000...
Report: Illegal Mining Threatens Brazil's Yanomami Tribe
Illegal mining of Yanomami indigenous land in Brazil has soared in recent years, exposing the tribe to malaria, food...