Safe Houses For Sale: KI’s Peter Podkopaev on the threats posed by dirty money in U.S. real estate.
News
- The U.S. director of national intelligence rejected claims that the intelligence community leaked a report suggesting that the Kremlin held compromising information about Donald Trump. (CNN)
- More on the conviction of a Chinese official’s former wife who abused the EB-5 visa system to help launder millions in stolen cash. (Seattle Times)
- A Chinese anti-money laundering probe caused BitCoin’s price to fall 16 percent. (BBC)
- A new government report on rebuilding Afghanistan puts fighting corruption on an equal par with developing the capacity of the armed services. (The Hill)
- Corrupt pro-Russia officials are seizing property in Crimea, hitting small businesses hardest. (LA Times)
- Corruption allegations are tarnishing Malta’s EU presidency. (Politico)
Features
- To understand what is going on in former Soviet republics like Moldova,try to understand the scale of corruption, writes Martha Bayles. (The American Interest)
- Russia says it doesn’t gather dirt on others, but a history of kompromatsays otherwise. (WaPo)
