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Kazakhstani Initiative on Asset Recovery
The Harrods mega-spender has lost the Supreme Court ‘McMafia’ challenge
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Kazakhstan is caught in a vicious cycle of debt. The pan­dem­ic has only made it worse

A cul­ture of cred­it was nur­tured for years in the Central Asian state, but now many left job­less by the…

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Kazakhstan’s green econ­o­my: Greenbacks for the Nazarbayevs?

Companies close to the for­mer pres­i­dent enjoy a monop­oly on lucra­tive recy­cling fees. Right around the time that Kazakhstan set out its…

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H.R.3847 — 117th Congress (2021–2022)

H.R.3847 — To direct the President to take such actions as may be nec­es­sary to pro­hib­it the pur­chase of public…

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Congress to Launch Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus at June 10 Event

WASHINGTON—At a vir­tu­al kick­off event on June 10, Rep. Tom Malinowski (NJ-07), Rep. John Curtis (UT-03), Rep. Bill Keating (MA-09),…

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June 11, 2021
H.R.3847 — 117th Congress (2021–2022)
REPORTS
By Editor

H.R.3847 — To direct the President to take such actions as may be nec­es­sary to pro­hib­it the pur­chase of public…

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June 4, 2021
With Kazatomprom Deal, China Secures Nuclear Fuel Supply and Enhances Ties With Kazakhstan
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By Editor

China’s state-owned cor­po­ra­tions are acquir­ing strate­gic resources around the globe, includ­ing lock­ing in nuclear fuel sup­plies from Kazakhstan. In April…

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June 1, 2021
Turkmenistan: A Model Kleptocracy
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The new report by Crude Accountability focus­es on cor­rup­tion and klep­toc­ra­cy in Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most closed and repres­sive countries.…

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April 26, 2021
City of Almaty, Kazahkstan, et al. v. Mukhtar Ablyazov, et al., No. 1:2015cv05345 — Document 1424 (S.D.N.Y. 2021)
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Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER re: 1243 LETTER MOTION for Oral Argument on 1231 Objection to 1221 Order grant­i­ng sanctions…

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March 31, 2021
How China Lends: A Rare Look into 100 Debt Contracts with Foreign Governments
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By Editor

The Chinese gov­ern­ment and its state-owned banks have lent record amounts to gov­ern­ments in low- and mid­­­dle-income coun­tries since the…

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March 15, 2021
Financial integri­ty for sus­tain­able development
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By Editor

Report of the High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda

EU-Commission
January 19, 2021
Commission takes fur­ther steps to fos­ter the open­ness, strength and resilience of Europe’s eco­nom­ic and finan­cial system
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By Editor

The European Commission today pre­sent­ed a new strat­e­gy to stim­u­late the open­ness, strength and resilience of the EU’s eco­nom­ic and finan­cial system…

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June 6, 2020
Pakistan Discovers the High Cost of Chinese Investment
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By Editor

A new report sheds light on the true costs of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for Pakistan. Pakistan’s desire to maintain…

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May 16, 2020
KAZATOMPROM. Must final­ly put in place the ongo­ing plun­der of the nation­al wealth of Kazakhstan
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ATOMREDMETZOLOTO-(ARMZ ) acquired its stake ini­tial stake in Uranium One in June 2009. The Russian state com­pa­ny acquired a 23.1%…

NAN-Dariga
April 27, 2020
Independent inves­tiga­tive jour­nal­ists and pri­vate inves­ti­ga­tors still hunt­ing stolen assets.
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By Editor

GREATEX Related to the Greatex neb­u­la of com­pa­nies in the UK, links between Kurmanbayev and Aliyev’s com­pa­nies were already pointing…

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November 24, 2019
Extensive hack­ing oper­a­tion dis­cov­ered in Kazakhstan
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By Editor

Researchers say an advanced hack­ing group has been using cus­­­tom-devel­oped hack­ing tools, expen­sive sur­veil­lance kits, mobile mal­ware, and radio communications…

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November 3, 2019
AT YOUR SERVICE
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By Editor

Through foren­sic analy­sis of more than 400 cor­rup­tion and mon­ey laun­der­ing cas­es – amount­ing to an esti­mat­ed £325 bil­lion (US$412…

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September 30, 2019
Smash & Grab
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By Editor

The UK’s Money Laundering Machine A bell¿ngcat Investigation Introduction  In June 2017, Bellingcat and Transparency International UK released their joint-report…

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April 29, 2019
The Mysterious Mr. Mirtchev
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By Editor

When U.S. polit­i­cal web­site Washington Babylon pub­lished an arti­cle in December 2017 claim­ing that spe­cial coun­sel Robert Mueller was looking…

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April 13, 2019
TRUMP’S LUXURY CONDO: A CONGOLESE STATE AFFAIR
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How the Congolese Presidential fam­i­ly used taint­ed mon­ey to buy a Trump apart­ment in New York City. The daugh­ter of the…

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March 15, 2019
Bulat Utemuratov and Glencore Report: The truth about Glencore’s busi­ness in Kazakhstan
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By Editor

Glencore is under inves­ti­ga­tion by the US Department of Justice in rela­tion to poten­tial vio­la­tions of bribery and cor­rup­tion laws.…

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March 12, 2019
Kazakhstan silences the Xinjiang megaphone
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By Editor

The activist Kazakhstan detained over the week­end is a spoil­er to rela­tions with China. Chris Rickleton Mar 11, 2019 Serikzhan Bilash (Eurasianet) Security…

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January 1, 2018
Laundering Cash, Whitewashing Reputations
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By Editor

Abstract A grow­ing body of analy­sis has explored how klep­to­crats sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly cap­ture and loot their domes­tic state insti­tu­tions, but scholars…

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August 8, 2017
State crime researchers expose role of Western com­pa­nies in Uzbek cor­rup­tion scandal
REPORTS
By Editor

London, 8 August 2017: Evidence in a new research report pub­lished today shows that the gov­ern­ment of Uzbekistan act­ed as…

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July 22, 2015
MYSTERY ON BAKER STREET
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By Editor

Brutal Kazakh offi­cial linked to £147m London prop­er­ty empire. Big chunks of Baker Street are owned by a mys­te­ri­ous figure…

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