A recently sanctioned Sudanese mining company linked to a prominent Russian paramilitary organization received over...
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U.S.-Sanctioned Xinjiang Paramilitary Has Over 800,000 Holdings Worldwide
On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Xinjiang...
Swiss Banks Request Former Director of Kuwait’s Pension Fund to be Tried in Switzerland
Two Swiss banks are calling for Fahad Al-Rajaan, a Kuwaiti businessman and the former Director General of the Public...
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...
Public Records Link Alleged Colombian Drug Trafficker to ‘Pablo Escobar of Ecuador’
An alleged drug trafficker who previously operated out of southwestern Colombia is linked to a corporate network...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Cross-Border Registration and Continued Due Diligence: The Case of Chen Mingfu
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
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
An investigation by Sayari has uncovered 18 previously unidentified companies directly connected to associates and...