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Government Articles
How Iran’s National Shipping Company Used Offshore Companies to Dodge U.S. Sanctions
Iran’s national maritime carrier used front companies in Cyprus, Hong Kong, China, and Turkey to hide its ownership...
How to Identify Military-Civil Fusion Companies in China Using Public Records
This is a follow-up to our previous posts on the highest risk entities owned by “Chinese Communist Military...
Inclusion of Tranche 4 Military-Affiliated Companies Under Section 1237
We have updated our previous dataset of Chinese military companies identified under Section 1237 of the National...
Emiratis for Hire: The Role of Nominee Shareholders in Sanctioned Iranian Networks
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned key players in Iran's oil industry in October...
Public Records Indicate Lebanese PEP May Have Used Corrupt Assets to Build Real Estate Empire
The Middle East can be a lucrative business environment due to the continued liberalization of foreign investment laws...
The World’s Largest Shareholders: Understanding China’s National and Regional SASACs
Anyone investigating China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will eventually come across their primary owner, one of...
Identifying High-Risk Entities Owned By “Chinese Military Companies” on Section 1237 & E.O. 13959 List
13th Recent U.S. regulations have targeted the risks posed by Chinese military companies, including 31 companies...
U.S. Adds SMIC and other Chinese Entities to List of Military Companies
The U.S. Department of Defense will add four entities to its list of Chinese military companies barred from U.S....
Chinese Mining Company Affected by Protests in Kyrgyzstan Has Ties to Major SOE
Work came to a halt last month at Full Gold Mining LLC, a Chinese-owned mining company located in Kyrgyzstan after...
“Chinese Military Companies” Under China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy
The U.S. Department of Commerce is considering designating 89 Chinese companies as “military end users,” Reuters...
The Russian National Reinsurance Company — Reinsurance’s Answer to Sanctions
Western insurers in Russia may be at risk of funding reinsurance payouts for liabilities exposed to sanctions, due to...