Russia Considers New Anti-Transparency Measure to Shield Civil Servants From Sanctions
On Mar. 5, 2022, a veteran Russian parliamentarian introduced an amendment to shield Russian civil servants from sanctions “by unfriendly [...]
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Arab-Syria Rapprochement Leading to Heightened Sanctions Risks for U.S. Investors
Just over 10 years since the start of Syria’s revolution and ensuing civil war, a rapprochement between Arab governments and [...]
Year in Review: Our Favorite Sayari Analyses of 2021
As we near the end of 2021, our analyst team decided to share with readers some of our favorite public-facing [...]
Pandora Papers: Public Data and Offshore Company Ownership
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) earlier this month released the Pandora Papers, a massive leak of confidential records [...]
Collapsing Real Estate Conglomerate Evergrande Owns Shares in Over 8,000 Companies
Failing real estate conglomerate Evergrande has thousands of downstream subsidiaries across dozens of industries, many of which could be impacted [...]
Vulnerabilities of free trade zones in the Middle East (Part 1: Jordan)
This is the first in a series on free trade zones (FTZs) in the Middle East. We will look at [...]
Sanctioned Hezbollah Financier and Family Maintain Control of Companies and Real Estate in Lebanon
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent a known Hezbollah financier back to Lebanon in July 2020, only one year [...]
Mapping China’s Semiconductor Industry Using Graph Analytics and Public Data
Beijing has made China’s semiconductor development and manufacturing capabilities a priority, in part due to U.S. export controls limiting China’s [...]
Leveraging Open Data and Graph Analytics To Mitigate PEP Risk In Brazil
Politically exposed persons (PEPs) continue to pose risks to institutions, but identifying and monitoring PEPs and their related global assets [...]
U.S.-designated Chinese Military Companies Control 500+ Companies
U.S.-designated Chinese companies that support China’s military-industrial complex control over 500 entities situated across China and operating in a variety [...]
