Section: Kleptocracy Initiative (USA)
Kleptocracy Daily: May 22, 2017
News Russian officials bragged in conversations during the presidential campaign that they had cultivated a strong relationship with former Trump adviser Michael Flynn and believed they could use him to influence Trump and his team. The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog,...
Kleptocracy Weekly: 5/15-5/19
The latest on KI.org: Global illicit financial flows – and how to stop them. U.S. A look at the FCPA after 40 years. Michael Flynn and other advisers to Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last 7 months of the 2016 presidential race. The FBI warned a...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 16, 2017
News Investigators looking into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia will be able to pursue leads by tapping into a huge database of suspicious financial transactions maintained by FinCEN. President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 12, 2017
The latest on KI’s website: Hungary’s descent into cronyism under Victor Orban. News Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has been found guilty of siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from a charity that she and her chief of staff had passed off as a scholarship service for students. Federal agents have seized nearly a half-million...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 11, 2017
News Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is reportedly at odds with his former Turkish client over two unusual payments totaling $80,000. The disagreement points to inconsistencies in Flynn’s accounts to the U.S. government about his work for foreign interests. Federal prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 9, 2017
News At a Senate hearing on Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates testified that she had warned the White House that former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn’s false statements about speaking to a Russian official could expose him to blackmail from Russia. Société Générale...
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KleptoCast 15: Casey Michel talks to Laure Brillaud of Transparency International about a new report on European anti-money laundering efforts. Listen to previous episodes on iTunes. http://kleptocracyinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/15.-EU-Beneficial-Ownership-Schemes-Laure-Brillaud-5.3.17.mp3By Casey Michel Last year’s Panama...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 4, 2017
News A firm co-founded by Donald Trump’s initial campaign manager quietly agreed to lobby for the oil company Citgo as the company, which is owned by the leftist government of Venezuela, was becoming increasingly embroiled in tensions involving the United States, Venezuela and Russia. U.S. government-backed Voice of America has suspended...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 3, 2017
News Despite his promise to “drain the swamp”, 3 months after Trump moved into the White House at least 9 people who worked on his transition have registered as lobbyists. Russia kicked off the trial of a prominent New York real-estate developer and former Guggenheim Museum board member who is accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars...
Kleptocracy Daily: May 2, 2017
News Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley in a letter to the FBI asked for answers to apparent “material inconsistencies” in information it has presented him regarding the unverified dossier alleging that Russia was in a position to blackmail President Trump. Bipartisan legislation to impose sanctions on Russia over alleged meddling in...
