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Reporter and BuzzFeed analyse human trafficking in Romania
The collaboration, published on February 21, came about in the context of the arrest of controversial online influencer Andrew Tate, under suspicion of human trafficking, rape, forming an organised crime group and other crimes — along with his brother and two female accomplices. They deny the allegations. Reporter has dug up exclusive detail about how…
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Reporter and AMLi delve into the uneven application of UK and EU sanctions
The latest collaboration between Reporter.London and the financial crime newswire AMLIntelligence, published on February 13, shows how sanctions on Russia and Belarus are often failing in practice, because of contradictory interpretations of the rules and the guidance, which are allowed to stand by governments who fear legal reprisals. This has led to the Kafkian result…
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Reportercast January 2023 with Dan Neidle, on the Nadhim Zahawi scandal, corporate transparency and libel law
The last Reportercast of the season (meaning we’re taking a break to plan this experiment’s future) features Dan Neidle, a tax and transparency expert and founder of the Tax Policy Associates think tank, who has been in the news frequently in recent weeks over the key role he played in uncovering the scandal around Tory…
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Reporter and AML Intelligence reveal glaring loophole in the UK sanctions regime
LONDON–AML Intelligence, a new and fast-expanding news provider for money laundering compliance professionals, has published an exclusive article in collaboration with Reporter, outlining the concerns experts in London and internationally have about the British government’s approach to sanctions enforcement. The main issue is around the discretion British regulators give themselves in placing sanctions on companies…
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Reportercast December 2022 with Garrett Ziegler on the Hunter Biden saga
Ho, ho, ho… Merry Christmas to everyone, especially the people interested in our Reportercast. And this latest festive episode dropping today features a man who is at the heart of one of the biggest stories in the world, that of the controversies surrounding Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, alleged illegal lobbying…
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Reportercast November 2022: Valeria Hontareva on Ukraine’s reconstruction and banking reforms
Welcome, people, to November’s Reportercast, with a very distinguished guest – Valeria Hontareva, the former central bank governor of Ukraine (2014-2017), and now a world-famous expert on finance reforms, banking governance and monetary policy. Hontareva is also one of the bravest central bankers the world has ever seen, having closed dozens of dirty banks affiliated…
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White shoe lawyers Dechert dump Russia-linked Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor after US sanctions
CHIȘINĂU–Kremlin-friendly oligarchs are becoming too toxic for UK and US lawyers to work for in the wake of global sanctions amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The controversial Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor has been linked by the US government with Russia’s security service, the FSB, as well as large-scale economic crime – but his now ex-law…
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Reporter and The Daily Beast highlight role of US media brands in Romanian political party payment scandal
Reporter.London and The Daily Beast exposed for a global audience a long-running scandal in Romanian media and politics, which has drawn in the local franchises of US brands Newsweek and CNN. For several years, top political parties in Romania had been paying the equivalent of millions of dollars to news media organizations in the guise…
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Reportercast October 2022 with Alexandru Flenchea: Transnistria explainer
In this special episode of Reportercast, Alexandru Flenchea, a former negotiator for Moldova’s government on the issue of Russia-occupied separatist Transnistria, and former advisor to the US embassy in Moldova, joins host Matei Rosca to discuss little-known Transnistria’s role in the Ukraine invasion. Flenchea, who also runs a Transnistria-focused NGO in Moldova called Initiative 4…