Rights Group Says Yemen’s Factions Torture, Silence Journalists
Human Rights Watch warns that Yemen’s warring parties are detaining, torturing and assassinating journalists, seizing media...
Yemen
Yemen Seizes 1.5 Million Captagon Pills, Alleges Houthis Fueling War Through Drug Trade
Yemeni authorities say the Houthis are playing a major role in regional drug trafficking, turning Yemen into a new hub for...
US Lifts Sanctions on Wife of Russian Oligarch Boris Rotenberg
Born in Russia, Karina Rotenberg is also a U.S. citizen, OCCRP previously revealed.
U.S. Sanctions Top Houthi Leaders Over Arms Smuggling, Russian Ties
The U.S. has sanctioned seven high-ranking Houthi members and a Yemeni businessman for arms smuggling and recruiting...
Yemenis in Russian Military Plead For Help to Escape Ukraine War
After leaving his war-torn homeland of Yemen, “Hamza” was working for subsistence wages in neighboring Oman when he heard...
US Fleet Seizes Explosive Material in the Gulf of Oman
The United States’ 5th Fleet seized a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman that was smuggling a considerable amount of...
U.S. Sanctions Hit al-Shabab’s Financing System
The U.S. Treasury imposed on Monday sanctions on 10 individuals managing al-Shabab’s financing networks and supplying the...
Suisse Secrets
False Spring: Credit Suisse Had Deep Ties to Arab Elite on Eve of Historic Uprisings
The Arab Spring drew enormous scrutiny to the wealth Arab elites had stashed abroad. A leak of bank data reveals how figures...
Poaching in East Africa is Endangering the Survival of Cheetahs
Cheetah trafficking rates by sea from East Africa to Yemen reportedly increased by 58% between March 2020 and February 2021;...
Report: With Piracy Receded, Illegal Fishing Returns to Somalian Waters
Once the most pirate-infested region on the planet, the waters off the coast of Somalia are now home to a different maritime...
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