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U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating North Korea’s role in the attempted theft of nearly $1 billion from the Central Bank of Bangladesh. Deputy director of the NSA, Richard Ledgett, said last week that “if [this] is true, that means a nation-state is robbing banks. That is a big deal.” (OCCRP)
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed into law controversial amendments to the country’s anticorruption legislation requiring representatives of nongovernmental organizations to file assets declarations; it will also relieve military officers of the obligation to file such declarations. (RFE/RL)
The European Court of Justice ruled that EU sanctions imposed on Russian energy giant Rosneft …read more
Source: Kleptocracy Initiative