UK Sentences Another Human Smuggler over Deaths of Vietnamese Migrants
A British court sentenced another member of an international group involved in a human smuggling operation that led to the...
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Sanctioning an Oligarch Is Not So Easy: Why the Money Trail of Alisher Usmanov, One of Russia’s Wealthiest Men, Is Difficult to Follow
Alisher Usmanov, who has been closely tied to top Russian leaders, hides behind trusts, secretive offshore companies, Swiss...
US Convicts MS-13 Members of Drug Trafficking, Racketeering
After a three-week-long trial, a federal jury found on Friday four Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members guilty of drug...
Art Dealers: No Evidence of Significant Money Laundering in the Art World
International art dealers are frustrated with assumptions that the art industry is a marketplace for trafficking, money...
US Authorities Arrest 108 in Operation Targeting Human Trafficking
U.S. authorities in Florida said they arrested 108 suspects, including four employees at Disney, a former judge, and several...
“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....
US Sentences Drug and Human Trafficker to 38 Years
A Cuban man who turned his Texas farm near the border to Mexico into a drug and human trafficking hub was sentenced to more...
U.S. Sanctions More Russians In Order to Disrupt the Invasion of Ukraine
The United States dished out another wave of sanctions against Russians deemed to be facilitators of the regime in Moscow,...
Mexican Cartels Block Roads after Police Arrest Their Leaders
In the latest crackdown on violent organized crime groups, Mexican security forces arrested the leaders of two drug cartels,...
Suisse Secrets
New Documents Link Scandal-Hit Angolan Banker To Embezzlement Scheme
Álvaro Sobrinho, who led an Angolan bank that collapsed with billions of dollars of unexplained debts, is linked by new...
U.S. Proposes Bipartisan Bill to Freeze Russia’s $130 Billion in Gold Reserves
Four U.S. senators introduced a bill Tuesday to stop Russia from using its US$130 billion in gold reserves to stave off...
New Zealand to Introduce Further Sanctions on Russia
Twelve days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...