Portugal Freezes Mansion Abramovich Tried to Sell
About two weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Portugal thwarted Roman Abramovich’s intention to sell a lavish mansion...
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2022 Index: US World’s Largest Supplier of Financial Secrecy
The United States has climbed to the top of a 2022 financial secrecy index which ranks countries most complicit in helping...
Fiji Seizes US$ 300 million Superyacht Belonging to Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
At the request of U.S. authorities, police on the Pacific island of Fiji seized last week the US$300 million superyacht of...
US, EU, & UK Take Further Action to Slow Russian War Machine
In order to throw a wrench into the Russian war machine’s advances, the United Kingdom, the United States and their European...
Fueling Secession, Promising Bitcoins: How a Russian Operator Urged Catalonian Leaders to Break With Madrid
Catalonian leaders referred to the man who offered them troops and money to secede from Spain as “Putin’s envoy.” Reporters...
Sanctioned Russian President Sanctions ‘Unfriendly Countries’
After the West imposed heavy sanctions against Vladimir Putin and his inner circle over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the...
US SEC to Expand Cyber Investigations Unit Amid Growing Crypto-Threats
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission plans to almost double its cyber and cryptocurrency investigations staff under...
Canada Set to Give Russian Assets to Ukrainian Victims
In a busy week, the Canadian government levied sanctions against 203 individuals loyal to President Vladimir Putin and his...
The Kremlin Connections Behind Cyprus’s RCB Bank
RCB Bank was set up and owned by a Russian bank dubbed Putin’s “piggy bank." Despite making moves to obscure its...
Navalny’s Foundation Lists Putin’s 6,000 Bribe Takers and Warmongers
In another act of defiance against the Kremlin, the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) published Tuesday a list of over 6,000...
US Indicts Russian Lawmaker and His Two Staffers
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a Putin-aligned Russian lawmaker and two of his staffers for operating an...
Canada Sanctions 14 Close to Russian Regime, Including Putin’s Daughters
Canada imposed additional sanctions on Russia on Tuesday, targeting 14 individuals tied to the Moscow regime, including...