How Sweeping Sanctions Missed a Business Partner of the Alleged Head of a Major Asian Crime Organization
The U.S. and U.K. froze many assets of the “Prince Group Transnational Criminal Organization.” But one man sanctioned as an...
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US, UK, Australia Sanction Russia-Based Cybercrime Hosting Firms
The coordinated action targets Media Land and Aeza Group, five executives, and seven companies—including entities in the...
Israeli Watchdog Rebukes Trump Over Call to Pardon Netanyahu
Israeli watchdog condemns Trump’s call to pardon Netanyahu, urging President Herzog to uphold judicial independence.
Congolese NGOs Pursue Action Against US Company Awarded Lake Kivu Methane Concession
Filing in Texas alleges the controversial bidding process broke laws and states that extraction posed “risk of catastrophic...
U.S. Sanctions Mexico-based Transnational Human Smuggling Ring
The transnational smuggling ring allegedly carried out its operations in collaboration with sanctioned smuggling network...
US Lifts Sanctions Against Pro-Russian Bosnian Serb Leader
The Trump administration lifted U.S. sanctions on Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russian leader of Bosnia’s Republika Srpska, along...
Alleged Member of ‘Notorious’ Cambodian Scam Network Bought Luxury Dubai Properties
Zhu Zhongbiao was already wanted in China on charges related to money laundering. He’s now been sanctioned by both the U.K....
Mansions, Horses, and Designer Bags: How the Ruling Family of Iraqi Kurdistan Splurged in the U.S.
The five sons of Iraqi Kurdistan’s founding president acquired real estate across the United States and went on luxury...