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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 read the intro and part 1 of the series. We continue our investigation into the Grace I, a Panama-flagged oil tanker seized off the coast of Gibraltar...

Public Records Tie Alleged Venezuelan Money Launderer to Over $5 Million in Property, Companies in Hong Kong

A contractor for subsidiaries of Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), who was charged in March with money laundering is connected to over $5 million in property spanning Florida and California, along with five previously unidentified...

In the Grace I’s Wake: Who Owned the Grace I? (Part 1)

This is the first in a series on Iranian sanctions evasion in the maritime shipping industry. In case you missed it, you can read the introduction here. Part 1: Our investigation into the Grace I’s ownership leads to an Emirati family with a history of supporting...

In the Grace I’s Wake: Countering Sanctions Evasion and Illicit Shipping

Last July, British Royal Marines and Gibraltar authorities seized the Grace I, a Panama-flagged oil tanker carrying 2.1 million barrels of crude oil. They suspected the vessel of shipping Iranian oil to Syria in contravention of European Union sanctions. There was no...

Public Records Tie Alleged Venezuelan Money Launderer to Over $5 Million in Property, Companies in Hong Kong

Public Records Tie Alleged Venezuelan Money Launderer to Over $5 Million in Property, Companies in Hong Kong

May 28, 2020 | Government

A contractor for subsidiaries of Venezuela’s state-owned oil firm, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), who was...

In the Grace I’s Wake: Who Owned the Grace I? (Part 1)

In the Grace I’s Wake: Who Owned the Grace I? (Part 1)

May 27, 2020 | Banks, Corporations, Forensics & Advisory, Government, In the Grace I's Wake

This is the first in a series on Iranian sanctions evasion in the maritime shipping industry. In case you missed it,...

In the Grace I’s Wake: Countering Sanctions Evasion and Illicit Shipping

In the Grace I’s Wake: Countering Sanctions Evasion and Illicit Shipping

May 27, 2020 | Banks, Corporations, Forensics & Advisory, Government, In the Grace I's Wake

Last July, British Royal Marines and Gibraltar authorities seized the Grace I, a Panama-flagged oil tanker carrying...

Cross-Border Registration and Continued Due Diligence: The Case of Chen Mingfu

Cross-Border Registration and Continued Due Diligence: The Case of Chen Mingfu

May 22, 2020 | Government

In January 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Chen Mingfu,...

Tracking Paraguayan Contraband Smugglers In The Open Source

Tracking Paraguayan Contraband Smugglers In The Open Source

Apr 13, 2020 | Bjorn Kjelstad, Government

A recent multimillion-dollar seizure of contraband clothing in Paraguay suggests that contraband smuggling continues...

Associates of Ex-Chief of Mexico’s State-Owned Oil Firm Connected to 18 Previously Unidentified Companies

Associates of Ex-Chief of Mexico’s State-Owned Oil Firm Connected to 18 Previously Unidentified Companies

Mar 11, 2020 | Banks, Government

An investigation by Sayari has uncovered 18 previously unidentified companies directly connected to associates and...

Sayari Identifies Corporate Network of Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker in Sinaloa, Mexico

Sayari Identifies Corporate Network of Alleged Fentanyl Trafficker in Sinaloa, Mexico

Mar 9, 2020 | Banks, Corporations, Government

A recent investigation by Sayari uncovered a Mexico-based corporate network connected to an individual suspected of...

Understanding DPRK Ship-to-Ship Transfers Using Public Records

Understanding DPRK Ship-to-Ship Transfers Using Public Records

May 6, 2019 | Forensics & Advisory, Government

DPRK Ship-to-Ship Transfers with the Yuk Tung In its most recent report on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea's...