FBI-Run Messaging Platform Dupes Criminals, Leads to 800 Arrests
Police in 16 countries arrested over 800 suspects who have used an encrypted messaging platform to discuss their illegal...
North America
US Recovers $2.3 Million Paid as Ransom in Pipeline Cyberattack
U.S. authorities seized 63.7 Bitcoins worth US$2.3 million believed to be part of a ransom paid to an organized crime group...
Moldova Launches New Anti-Corruption Body, Says Old Ones are Slow
Moldovan President Maia Sandu launched this week a new corruption monitoring body, arguing that the current anti-corruption...
Young Female Journalist Killed in Afghanistan
International press freedom advocates urged Afghan authorities on Monday to thoroughly investigate the recent murder of a...
A New Israeli Government May Oust Netanyahu Amidst his Corruption Trial
As Israel’s new unity government stands on the precipice of being confirmed as the ruling coalition in the Knesset, things...
Activists Say Facebook is a Wildlife Trafficking Conduit
Nearly two weeks after U.S. authorities arrested Vanessa Rondeau, a Canadian national who ran a boutique oddities shop in...
The Matraimov Kingdom
After Corruption Conviction and $24 Million Settlement, Matraimov Buys New Penthouse in Bishkek
According to an associate, Kyrgyzstan’s former deputy customs chief had to raise money from friends and relatives to pay the...
The Rise and Fall of a U.S. Oilman in Iraq
A secret kickback deal with an Iraqi Kurdistan politician made Todd Kozel rich. But an affair and his bitter divorce led him...
Former Ukrainian President Poroshenko Secretly Controlled Offshore Firms that Banked at Austria’s Raiffeisen
The shell companies handled extravagant transactions on behalf of the former president while the bank turned a blind eye.
Argentina’s Franco Macri Had Secret Deal with Disgraced Austrian Bank over Postal Service Insolvency
A leaked audit shows how the Argentine Macri family may have attempted to use a secret agreement with Meinl Bank to...
How Afghanistan’s President Helped His Brother and a U.S. Contractor Secure a Lucrative Mineral Processing Permit
With the figurative stroke of a pen, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani put his sibling into the chromite business with a...
How Iran Used an International Playboy to Launder Oil Money
U.S. Prosecutors Call Them 'Victim Banks.' Are They?
Turkish-Iranian money launderer Reza Zarrab helped the Iranian regime move oil money around the world to evade sanctions —...