The Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade maintains a publicly available, electronic database documenting contracts...
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Operation Car Wash: Messer’s Money Laundering Network Involves a Web of Investment Companies in the US and Across Latin America
A federal court in Rio de Janeiro recently approved the cooperation agreement of one of Brazil’s most prominent money...
Bahrain Sentences Three Central Bank of Iran Officials for Money Laundering
Bahrain’s High Criminal Court charged three bank officials last week to five years in prison, respectively, for their...
Recent Article Suggests U.S. Cash Flows to Iraqi Dollar Auction Inadvertently Supports Bad Actors
The New York Times Magazine published an article last week covering what the author calls the Iraqi kleptocracy — a...
Company Linked to Alleged Covid-19 Relief Fraud Maintains Several Trade Names in Florida
Federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint last Friday against a Florida-based businessman, alleging that he...
Jordanian Businessman Implicated in Corruption Scheme Maintains Vast Real Estate Network in the UK
Popular protests and the Jordanian government’s recent actions targeting high-ranking officials accused of corruption...
Contracts to Ghosts in Guanajuato: The Ongoing Struggle to Rein in ‘Ghost’ Companies in Mexico
A report published earlier this year uncovered that various government agencies, public educational institutions, and...
Public Records Show Network of Iraqi Businessman Linked to Saddam Hussein
A prominent Iraqi family with a history of helping former President Saddam Hussein procure illicit goods from the...
In the Grace I’s Wake: Ship Managers, Front Companies, and Iran (Part 3)
We continue with Part 3 of our investigation into the Grace I, a Panama-flagged oil tanker seized off the coast of...
Defendants and Front Companies Named in DOJ Indictment Operate Additional Active Companies and Trade with North Korea
On May 28, the United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against 26 North Korean and Chinese...
Tracking a Princess: Using Public Records to Trace the Assets of Africa’s Richest Woman
In December 2019, prosecutors in Angola froze the assets of billionaire Angolan businesswoman Isabel José dos Santos....
In the Grace I’s Wake: Ship Management and Sanctions Evasion (Part 2)
This is the second in a series on Iranian sanctions evasion in the maritime shipping industry. Follow these links to...