Section: Kleptocracy Initiative (USA)
Kleptocracy Daily: September 26, 2016
“If you knew Putin like we know Putin…” Estonia’s president and Lithuania’s foreign minister discuss the Kremlin’s kleptocracy. (Daily Beast) U.S. intelligence agencies are looking at alleged connections between Carter Page, a Donald Trump advisor, and senior Russian officials. (Yahoo) Lilia Shevtsova asks: “How has Russia, the...
Kleptocracy Weekly: September 16-23, 2016
A weekly roundup of leading stories on kleptocrats and their enablers… United States Prosecuting kleptocrats is difficult: U.S. law enforcement agencies are targeting their stolen assets instead. (OCCRP) Delaware is trying to water down proposals to end anonymous companies, and has spent more than $2 million of taxpayer funds lobbying Congress...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 23, 2016
U.S. authorities subpoenaed Andrey Pavlov, allegedly a lawyer for the Klyuev criminal group, to appear before a New York grand jury in relation to the enormous Russian fraud uncovered by Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. (Daily Beast) David Kramer says the U.S. should outlaw participation in the Kremlin’s privatization schemes....
Kleptocracy Daily: September 22, 2016
Prosecuting kleptocrats is difficult: U.S. law enforcement agencies are targeting their stolen assets instead. (OCCRP) The ICIJ has released a new offshore leakexposing accounts and anonymous companies based in the Bahamas. Moldovan prosecutors accused sixteen judgesand four court officials of involvement in the “Russian Laundromat,” a scheme...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 21, 2016
China will shift the focus of its global hunt for graft suspects from evidence-gathering to the seizure of allegedly stolen assets. Other countries remain reluctant to cooperate, citing espionage and human rights concerns. (Reuters, Globe & Mail) In a major planned restructuring of Russia’s security services, the Kremlin is resurrecting...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 20, 2016
Delaware is trying to water down proposals to end anonymous companies, and has spent more than $2 million of taxpayer funds lobbying Congress since 2009. (Delaware Online) A new report by George Clooney’s NGO, The Sentry, shows how corrupt South Sudanese officials benefit from war crimes, corruption, and looting. After Beijing expelled 45...
Kleptocracy Daily – September 15, 2016
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has released full and interactive versions of a major “lessons learned” report on the U.S. approach to corruption throughout the conflict. Telecoms operator Telia will pay $1.4 billion to settle U.S. and Dutch investigations into bribes allegedly paid to Gulnara Karimova, daughter of...
Kleptocracy Daily – September 14, 2016
A new film by George Clooney and John Prendergast promises to draw attention to South Sudan’s brutal kleptocracy. (Daily Beast) If elected, Donald Trump’s business interests could “constantly jeopardize the security of the United States.” He has been linked to another alleged Russian mobster. (Newsweek, Mother Jones) A study showed...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 12, 2016
A Chinese billionaire may have quietly stashed six percent of the world’s aluminum, worth $2 billion, deep in the Mexican desert. (WSJ) Endemic corruption and oligarch domination are driving a brain drain from Eastern Europe. (Carnegie) London-based Russian oligarch Alexander Zhukov, father-in-law of Roman Abramovich, has been linked to a...
Kleptocracy Daily: September 9, 2016
Donald Trump appeared on Russia Today, the Kremlin’s influential propaganda outlet. He praised Putin’s leadership while criticizing U.S. foreign policy and the “dishonest” media. (Washington Post) Ukraine’s “technically crippled” asset e-declarations system faces further sabotage attempts by worried lawmakers. (Kyiv Post)...
