Tag: matei rosca
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Reportercast February 2026 with Jack Adamovic Davies: on Cambodia, crime and justice
read this article: Reportercast February 2026 with Jack Adamovic Davies: on Cambodia, crime and justiceCITY OF LONDON–Jack Adamovic Davies is the investigative reporter who exposed the Prince Group, a Cambodia-based organized crime gang now facing serious charges in the US. The group was sanctioned in the US and UK. While on staff at Radio Free Asia, Jack took on a lonely and at times terrifying mission to write about…
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AMLi and reporter.london test the Cayman Islands’ new corporate ownership registry
read this article: AMLi and reporter.london test the Cayman Islands’ new corporate ownership registryLONDON–In another exclusive story resulting from a collaboration between AML Intelligence, the premium newswire for anti-money laundering professionals, and reporter.london, it is revealed that despite its advertised transparency, the new beneficial ownership corporate registry of the Cayman Islands leaves much to be desired. In short, reporter.london applied to the Caymans government to find out who…
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Irish land reg loophole could attract money launderers, ex-senior judge says
read this article: Irish land reg loophole could attract money launderers, ex-senior judge saysCITY OF LONDON–A loophole in Irish rules around the land registry database and mortgage securitization may be used by money launderers, Edmund Honahan, retired Master of the High Court in Ireland, said in an interview. Honahan has long been campaigning for reforms in how Ireland handles changes to land registry entries. He has warned for…
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Crypto-jihad: Tether and FBI slow to stop Hamas funding, top analyst says
read this article: Crypto-jihad: Tether and FBI slow to stop Hamas funding, top analyst saysLONDON—Global cryptocurrency provider Tether and the American government could have seized at least $10 million in crypto from Hamas, compared to just over $200,000, which was actually recovered last month. The US department of justice seized the USDT equivalent of $201,400 in March from terrorist organisation Hamas, according to a statement. The move came after…
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Reporter and 5 partners investigate the associate of top presidential candidate in Romania
read this article: Reporter and 5 partners investigate the associate of top presidential candidate in RomaniaBUCHAREST — Mircea Geoană’s ex-campaign manager in Romania has business ties to a Russian who is close to the military and has campaigned for the Russian side in the Ukraine war. The campaign manager’s son also did a deal with a former executive from a company founded by a sanctioned oligarch, while the dad was…
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Arm’s-length: Uzbek tycoon with links to Putin pal and sanctioned Russian bank grabs strategic assets in Europe
read this article: Arm’s-length: Uzbek tycoon with links to Putin pal and sanctioned Russian bank grabs strategic assets in EuropeLONDON–Eriell Group is the top oil and gas services company in Uzbekistan, but until recently, its corporate headquarters was in Jersey. The firm’s chairman continues to do multi-million euro deals in Europe despite Eriell’s close ties to sanctioned Gazprombank and, allegedly, Gennady Timchenko, a sanctioned oligarch and personal friend of Vladimir Putin. The Eriell parent…
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Reportercast October 2023 in Kyiv with Andrii Mikheiev: on asset confiscations and international law
read this article: Reportercast October 2023 in Kyiv with Andrii Mikheiev: on asset confiscations and international lawA podcast episode recorded in Kyiv on October 17 on the sidelines of a conference on the human rights abuses in Ukraine and Syria, organised by SUN (The Syria Ukraine Network), an NGO based in the US. Andrii Mikheiev is an international law expert with the International Center for Ukrainian Victory, a Kyiv-based NGO. He…
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Reportercast September 2023 with Steve Middleton: on the Ulster Bank scandal
read this article: Reportercast September 2023 with Steve Middleton: on the Ulster Bank scandalSteve Middleton is a financial adviser specialised in regulation and he has taken up the cause of Northern Irish business owners who accuse Ulster Bank (a subsidiary of NatWest group) of fraud. The allegations are only now coming to the fore but the issues date from the years around the great financial crisis of 2008…
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Reportercast August 2023 with Amazon’s Abigail Bishop on scams and other fraud
read this article: Reportercast August 2023 with Amazon’s Abigail Bishop on scams and other fraudAbigail Bishop is Amazon’s “Head of External Relations, Scams Prevention” and her job is to campaign to educate Amazon’s customers about scams being run against them around the world. These scams are of multiple types and growing increasingly sophisticated, with Bishop citing low reporting rates as an additional issue. She also spoke to host Matei…