A two-year investigation has unearthed documents suggesting that UK police ignored the suspicious deaths of a circle of operatives linked to Putin critic Boris Berezovsky. (BuzzFeed)
The U.S. Department of Justice is moving to seize $540 million assets allegedly purchased using funds stolen from the Malaysian 1MDB scheme. (NYT)
China has launched five U.S. lawsuits against an exiled tycoon who asks awkward questions about Beijing’s anti-corruption drive, in an “unprecedented engagement” with the American legal system. (FT)
The UK is probing whether Roman Nasirov, Ukraine’s former tax chief, could stand trial in London after a Kyiv court excluded British evidence from his corruption …read more
Source: Kleptocracy Initiative
