New Year Must-Reads
Ben Judah explains how London rolls out the blood-red carpet for violent kleptocrats like the Bakiyev family. (NYT)
How does the U.S. Justice Department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative ensure that frozen funds aren’t repatriated back into the pockets of corrupt dictators? (NYT)
Ana Swanson talks to James Henry about how anonymous companies work – and who’s been using them. (WaPo)
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House Republicans voted to curtail the power and independence of the Office of Congressional Ethics. (NYT)
China says its overseas anti-corruption drive recovered $331 million from 908 people in 70 countries in 2016. (Reuters)
A French corruption trial revealed the wealth of the …read more
Source: Kleptocracy Initiative