Category: Investigation/Probe

Broker for Israeli Arms to Myanmar Arrested in Thailand for Drug Dealing and Money Laundering

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Haaretz Daily Newspaper reports: Documents reveal that a corporation implicated in corruption, served as a middleman between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Elbit (publicly traded co), Israel Shipyards (publicly traded co) and Myanmar’s brutal junta, despite international sanctions over the Rohingya genocide. Company Company Relation Location Industry Description Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) Parent Israel Aircraft…

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Aerospace and Defense, Corruption, Drug Related, Gambling, Investigation/Probe, Leaks, Money Laundering, Organized Crime, Public Interest, War

Are social media companies employing ex-spies?

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June 26, 2022. Are Twitter, TikTok, Facebook and other social media platforms hiring from the FBI, military, NATO, CIA and U.S. State Department? It seems they are. This hiring tendency has not been widely reported in mainstream news because the revelation seems to have originated in an investigation by Russian media sources. Much of the evidence for the claim, however, is publicly verifiable. Here are some examples you can verify for yourself.

Investigation/Probe, Misinformation & Hoaxes, Political Corruption & Corporate Governments, Privacy & Surveillance, Public Interest

Canadian PM asked to hand over secret information re unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act

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June 1, 2022. Public inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act seeks access to cabinet secrets. The public inquiry into the federal government’s unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act wants access to cabinet secrets as it warns it will be hard to complete its work by next February, as required under…

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Anti-Government Resistance, Human Rights, Investigation/Probe, Misinformation & Hoaxes, Political Corruption & Corporate Governments, Privacy & Surveillance

Yemeni Man Maimed in US Drone Strike as Pentagon Refuses Help

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2022-06-01. Calls are growing for the Pentagon to acknowledge that a U.S. drone strike on March 29, 2018, in Yemen mistakenly struck civilians. Adel Al Manthari was the only survivor of the drone strike, which killed his four cousins as they were driving a car across the village of Al Uqla. The Pentagon refuses to admit…

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Investigation/Probe, War Crimes

Data Leak: How Criminals, Officials, and Sanctioned Politicians Poured Money into Dubai Real Estate

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May 7, 2022. A new leak of Dubai property data has exposed just how many foreigners have poured their money into apartments and villas there. The data, which dates from 2020, was obtained by the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that researches international crime and conflict. It…

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Bribery & Pay-to-Play, Corruption, Investigation/Probe, Leaks, Organized Crime, Political Corruption & Corporate Governments, Real Estate, Sanctions

German authorities raid Deutsche Bank in money laundering investigation

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Germany’s federal police office, criminal prosecutors and the country’s financial watchdog BaFin raided Deutsche Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt on Friday, prosecutors said in a statement. The prosecutors said that a search warrant was issued by Frankfurt’s district court, based on the suspicion that unnamed Deutsche Bank employees may have violated anti-money laundering laws. They declined…

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Banks, Bribery & Pay-to-Play, Corruption, Economy, Investigation/Probe, Money Laundering, Political Corruption & Corporate Governments

6 Russian oligarchs have died in alleged suicides this year

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Two Russian oligarchs were found dead last week, within 48 hours of each other. They were found alongside their families in what investigators are labelling murder-suicides. Since the start of 2022, four other Russia-connected oligarchs have mysteriously died by suicide. Here is a list of the Russian oligarchs who have met a mysterious end in…

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Corruption, Human Rights, Investigation/Probe, Leaks, Misinformation & Hoaxes, Organized Crime, Political Corruption & Corporate Governments, Political Instability, Sanctions, War, War Crimes

Hydra market taken down by German police and sanctioned by U.S.

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Germany shuts down servers for Russian darknet marketplace Hydra and seizes $25.2 million USD in Bitcoin. (WAPO) The illegal marketplace was a Russian-language Darknet platform that had been accessible via the Tor network since at least 2015. Their focus was on trading in illegal narcotics. In addition, data spied out worldwide, forged documents and digital…

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Corruption, Investigation/Probe, Organized Crime, Public Interest, Sanctions

Is OKX/OKEX Exchange selling imaginary crypto?

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OKX was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Seychelles (East Africa), per Investopedia and other sources. “The site claims over 20 million users in more than 100 countries.” An issue of concern for the company is “low liquidity for certain currencies.” Investopedia’s verdict is that “due to some inconsistencies, unclear information, and past customer…

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Cryptocurrency, Investigation/Probe, Monero (XMR)