COUNTRY of coups and dashed hopes
Despite democratic donor countries generous support Kyrgyz elites continue to roll back towards authoritarianism and kleptocracy. Twice…
Europol highlights Russian money as biggest laundering threat
THE HAGUE (Reuters) — Europe’s Baltic states are at risk from further Russian money laundering, a top…
Breaking with the past?
New Series Reveals Uzbekistan Reforms Haunted by Bad Habits of the Past Power Briefs | Central Asia is…
The unsolved mystery of who owns Sherlock Holmes’s original £130 million home
221bSherlock HolmesConsulting detective1881–1904 So reads the blue plaque on this pretty Georgian terraced house, home to London’s…
International judicial assistance in bank fraud saga
UK court refuses to send back letters from America One of the largest frauds in history —…
Dariga’s multimillion-dollar Austrian accounts. Eurasia Democracy Initiative releases report on Dariga Nazarbayeva’s financial shenanigans
In the three years since the death of President Nazarbayev’s former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev, investigators and researchers…
Picassos, a glass piano and missing billions: scandal of 1MDB reaches court
On Tuesday the former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will go on trial for his alleged role…
Unexplained Strategy: Putting Unexplained Wealth Orders to Work
The eye-catching element of the British government’s response to economic crime has, during the course of 2018,…
WSJ Investigation: China Offered to Bail Out Troubled Malaysian Fund in Return for Deals
The secret discussions show how China uses its political and financial clout to bolster its position overseas…
BankThink AML enforcement needs more whistleblowers
In recent weeks, major anti-money-laundering enforcement actions have highlighted the critical role of whistleblowers in government efforts…
