U.S. Seizes Russian Oligarch’s Luxury Yacht in Spain
In the ongoing hunt for assets belonging to Russians sanctioned over the invasion of Ukraine, Spain seized on Monday a US$90...
United States
Game Developer to Investigate Theft of $650 Million in Crypto
A Vietnamese-cryptocurrency platform that hosts a popular online game announced last week that it is investigating a...
Ecuadorian Official Appears in US Court Over Laundering Odebrecht Bribe
Ecuador's former Comptroller General found himself in a Miami court on Tuesday over his role in a bribery and money...
Russian Tankers Go Dark Out at Sea to Circumvent Sanctions
Russian oil and chemical tankers are disabling their on-board automated identification systems (AIS), thereby keeping...
Honduras to Extradite ex President Suspected of Drug Trafficking to US
About a month after his arrest, the Honduras Supreme Court ratified the extradition of former President Juan Orlando...
U.S. Executive Order Sanctions the Trade of Russia’s Gold Reserves
In another step towards closing off all avenues for Russia to sidestep international sanctions in response to the country’s...
EU Prosecutors Probe Possible Misuse of EU Funds by Bulgarian Companies
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), Bulgarian authorities conducted 25 searches in three...
FBI: Cyber Criminals Took from Victims in the US Over $6.9 Billion in 2021
Ransomware attacks, business e-mail compromise and criminal use of cryptocurrency were last year on the rise in the United...
Suisse Secrets
The ‘Savage Years’: Credit Suisse and Venezuela’s Toxic Bond Market
The Suisse Secrets leak lays bare the extent of the relationship between Credit Suisse and the politically-connected...
US Sanctions Guatemalan Gang Leaders with Links to Mexican Drug Cartels
The United States sanctioned seven suspected high-ranking members of the Los Huistas, Guatemala’s prominent criminal gang,...
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...
Russian Asset Tracker
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...