Global Watch

Cyprus recommends criminal charges against ex-President Anastasiades over Russian golden passports; FATF grey-lists Iraq and Bosnia; the SFO, DOJ and U.S. Treasury step up enforcement.

Belt & Road Watch is The Investigative Journal’s monthly tracker of China’s overseas infrastructure, lending, and influence activity. Figures and financing terms are drawn from public records, academic datasets, and…

A weekly digest of international corruption: Cyprus refers its former president for prosecution, the FATF expands its grey list, Treasury sanctions Iran's largest crypto exchanges, and a London jury acquits…

Belgian prosecutors close in on Wise; OFAC formalizes sham-transaction guidance; SFO ends Ultra Electronics probe; FATF grey-lists Kuwait and PNG; Transparency International CPI shows democratic backsliding.

Ukraine's anti-graft prosecutors charge Zelensky's former chief of staff in a $11M money-laundering probe. Plus: FCPA jury verdict, FATF grey list updates, OFAC sanctions advisory, Maduro asset freezes, and the…

OCCRP's Worldclear Files expose a NZ payment shop moving money for a Belarusian oligarch; EU adopts 20th Russia sanctions package; DOJ secures second PEMEX bribery plea; SFO inks £15M Ultra…

PACE rebukes Switzerland over Magnitsky funds; Nepal arrests power broker Deepak Bhatta in $29M laundering probe; OFAC tightens sham-transaction guidance; FATF adds Kuwait and Papua New Guinea; CPI 2025 confirms…

Nepal widens its money-laundering dragnet, OFAC designates an Iranian aviation network, FinCEN proposes a sweeping AML overhaul, and OCCRP documents Europe's retreat from corporate transparency.

Chinese BRI engagement rebounded to $213.5B in 2025, but the composition has shifted toward mining, EVs, and digital infrastructure. This month's tracker covers Tazara Railway, the $24B port network, Laos's…

This week: Nepal arrests a power broker; Treasury targets the Prince Group scam empire; OFAC escalates its 50% Rule enforcement; and Transparency International flags a global slide.