Will the Real Sovereign Wealth Fund Please Stand Up? How Civil War Undermined the Hunt for Libyan Assets
Muammar Gaddafi used Libya’s financial institutions as conduits for graft and nepotism on a huge scale. Rather than bring...
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Iraq Forms Supreme Commission to Investigate Major Corruption Cases
Iraq’s Federal Commission of Integrity (Nazaha) announced Wednesday the formation of a supreme commission mandated to...
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev’s Nephew Hands Over $230M in Jewelry
Kazakh authorities found and returned to the country jewelry worth more than US$230 million once owned by a former...
Opinion: Assigning the Real Blame in a Lebanese Tragedy
Last Friday, tens of thousands of Lebanese viewers watched in horror as a businessman collapsed live on air during a video...
$114M Crypto Hacker Outs Himself, Returns Most Of The Money
A man named Avraham Eisenberg revealed himself to be one of the hackers behind last week’s US$114 million exploit of...
Iraq’s Finance Ministry Discovers $2.5B Stolen from Government Account
An investigation by Iraq’s finance ministry discovered Sunday that US$2.5 billion dollars were stolen from a government tax...
Former Austrian Chancellor and ex-NSO Chief Start Cybersecurity Firm
Former chief executive of the controversial Israeli spyware company NSO Group, Shalev Hulio, has partnered with Sebastian...
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Taiwanese Tycoon Jailed for Embezzlement May Have Used Girlfriend to Hide Tens of Millions at Credit Suisse
When Sun Daocun died in 2021, he left behind a string of unresolved debts which had enraged a long line of creditors. Now,...
US Authorities Sanction Bosnian Top Politician
U.S. authorities designated on Monday Fadil Novalić, the prime minister of one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s two...
US Frees President Maduro’s “Narco Nephews” in Prisoner Swap
Venezuela on Saturday has freed seven jailed Americans in exchange for the release of two relatives of the Venezuelan...
Kazakhstan: Ex-President’s Nephew Sentenced to 6 Years over Embezzlement
A court in Kazakhstan’s capital city sentenced a nephew of former president Nursultan Nazarbayev to six years in prison for...
Azerbaijan Arrests Lawyer who Defends Political Opponents
Azerbaijani authorities arrested on Sunday the editor of an independent outlet and a lawyer known for defending journalists,...